Control of ultrashort pulse distortions using phase modulators: principles and analysis to the case of chirped pulse amplification

Summary form only given. Here, we develop a time analog of optical adaptive methods in the context of the chirped pulse amplification (CPA) technique, with the goal of finely tuning the phase using pure electronic means in order to compress at best the amplified pulses. CPA systems are not perfect in that the pulses acquire high-order phase terms in the optics and the amplifying medium and because of parameter mismatches between the stretcher and the compressor.