Title :
10 fs, high temporal contrast front-end for PW class laser system
Author :
Antonucci, Laura ; Jullien, Aurélie ; Albert, Olivier ; Douillet, Denis ; Rousseau, Jean-Philippe ; Chériaux, Gilles
Author_Institution :
Chemin de la Huniere, Palaiseau
Abstract :
Summary form only given. A laser front-end delivering 10-fs pulses and exhibiting a temporal contrast higher than 1011 will be presented. The system is based on CPA in TiSa and on cross-polarized-wave generation for contrast improvement and pulse shortening.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical pulse shaping; PW class laser system; contrast improvement; cross-polarized-wave generation; high temporal contrast front-end; laser front-end; pulse shortening; time 10 fs; Broadband amplifiers; Chemical lasers; Crystals; Laser beams; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Polarization; Power amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386357
