Title :
Highly efficient XPW temporal contrast filter for ultra intense femtosecond pulses
Author :
Jullien, A. ; Albert, O. ; Chériaux, G. ; Etchepare, J. ; Kourtev, S. ; Minkovski, N. ; Saltiel, S.M.
Author_Institution :
Thales Laser, Orsay
Abstract :
We present a contrast filter reaching 12 orders of magnitude from micro to milliJoule input pulse with 24% efficiency. It solves contrast issue for Petawatt class lasers in microjoule seeded CPA or double CPA scheme.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; optical filters; Petawatt class lasers; XPW temporal contrast filter; chirped-pulse amplification; cross-polarized wave; microJoule input pulse; milliJoule input pulse; ultra intense femtosecond pulses; Extinction ratio; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Physics; Polarization; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Ultrafast optics; (190,7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics; (320.5540) Pulse shaping; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628449
