Title :
Temporal contrast enhanced to 10-10 for Petawatt scale femtosecond lasers
Author :
Jullien, A. ; Albert, O. ; Etchepare, J. ; Augé-Rochereau, F. ; Chambaret, J.P. ; Chériaux, G. ; Falcoz, F. ; Minkovski, N. ; Saltiel, S.M.
Author_Institution :
LOA-ENSTA, Chemin de la Huniere, Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
We present a new non-linear solid-state technique for temporal femtosecond pulses cleaning. The contrast reaches 10-10 for millijoule input pulse. The method is reliable enough to solve the contrast issue for petawatt class lasers.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; multiwave mixing; solid lasers; millijoule input pulse; nonlinear solid-state technique; petawatt class lasers; temporal femtosecond pulses cleaning; Chemical lasers; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Nonlinear filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Solid state circuits; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549360