DocumentCode :
2900098
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. ; Minkovski, N. ; Saltiel, S.M.
Author_Institution :
Thales Laser, Orsay, France
fYear :
2005
fDate :
12-17 June 2005
Firstpage :
420
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; Petawatt scale femtosecond lasers; nonlinear solid-state technique; pulse cleaning; Correlators; Delay; Distortion measurement; Filtering; Laser beams; Phase distortion; Phase measurement; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Spatial filters;
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.2005.1568198
Filename :
1568198
Link To Document :
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