Design of a stretcher-compressor for a blue-green high contrast multiterawatt femtosecond laser chain

Author

Coustillier, O.G. ; Clady, R. ; Gastaud, M. ; Sentis, M. ; Tcheremiskine, V. ; Uteza, O. ; Mikheev, L.D. ; Chambaret, J.P. ; Chériaux, G.

Author_Institution

CNRS, Univ. de la Mediterranee, Marseille, France

fYear

2005

fDate

12-17 June 2005

Firstpage

388

Abstract

In this paper, we present results of a ray tracing simulation of a stretcher-compressor arrangement for blue-green high contrast multiterawatt femtosecond laser Ti:sapphire laser chain, not only in terms of final pulse duration and contrast, but also with respect to the alignment sensitivity and the optical quality of components. The ray tracing simulation uses OSLO software and includes dispersion of the materials of the laser chain.

Keywords

optical materials; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; ray tracing; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al₂O₃:Ti; OSLO software; Ti:sapphire laser; alignment sensitivity; blue-green high-contrast multiterawatt femtosecond laser chain; optical quality; ray tracing simulation; stretcher-compressor arrangement design; Gas lasers; Laser beams; Laser theory; Optical design; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Solid lasers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8974-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568167

Filename

1568167