Title :
Compact ultrafast laser enabled by distortion free pulse stretching and compression by chirped volume holographic gratings
Author :
Moser, Christophe ; Havermeyer, Frank
Author_Institution :
Ondax, Inc., Monrovia, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a method to correct the spatial distortion resulting from temporally stretching/compressing optical pulses with a chirped volume holographic grating that enables the practical realization of ultra-compact and efficient chirped pulse amplification laser systems.
Keywords :
Chirp; Gratings; Holography; Laser beams; Laser noise; Optical distortion; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
