Title :
A new beam break up integral measurement: experimental demonstration at few tens of joule level on Alise (200 J) laser facility
Author :
Villate, D. ; Blanchot, N. ; Olivié, G. ; Rouyer, C. ; Videua, L.
Author_Institution :
CEA, Centre d´´Etudes Scientifiques et Techniques d´´Aquitaine, Le Barp, France
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate the B-integral measurement using the so-called "temporal diffraction" technique. It is obtained by manipulating strongly chirped femtosecond pulses in the spectral domain and taking advantage of spectral-time coupling generated by nonlinear effect.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; light diffraction; optical Kerr effect; spectral analysis; 200 J; Alise laser facility; B-integral measurement; chirped femtosecond pulses; joule level; laser beam break up integral measurement; nonlinear effect; spectral domain; spectral-time coupling generation; temporal diffraction technique; Atomic measurements; Laser beams; Laser noise; Optical coupling; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Spectral analysis; Spectral shape; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
