Title :
In-situ grating-damage detection and analysis for the 1.5-m grating compressor of the OMEGA EP kilojoule, petawatt-class short-pulse laser system
Author :
Qiao, J. ; Waxer, L.J. ; Nguyen, T. ; Bunkenburg, J. ; Kingsley, C. ; Kelly, J.H. ; Schmid, A.W. ; Weiner, D.
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Laser Energetics, Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Abstract :
A grating-inspection system and damage-analysis method have been developed to measure in-situ laser-induced damage of a 1.5-m grating in the OMEGA EP pulse compressor during a 2.2-kJ energy ramp.
Keywords :
Diffraction gratings; Elementary particle vacuum; Fiber lasers; Geographic Information Systems; Histograms; Lighting; Optical pulses; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Vacuum systems;
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
