Title :
40 cm size multilayer dielectric gratings for LULI laser pulse compressor
Author :
Le Blanc, Catherine ; Sauteret, Christian ; Touzet, Bruno ; Flamand, Jean ; Bonnemason, Francis ; Gilchrist, John R.
Author_Institution :
LULI, Ecole Polytech., Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
A pair of 420/spl times/210 mm size multilayer dielectric gratings has been produced to equip the laser pulse compressor at LULI, to double the output power (in replacement of gold coating gratings). A review of performances is presented.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; gold; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical multilayers; optical pulse compression; 40 cm; 420 to 210 mm; Au; LULI laser pulse compressor; gold coating gratings; multilayer dielectric gratings; Coatings; Dielectrics; Gold; Gratings; Irrigation; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pulse compression methods; Synthetic aperture sonar;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
