Alignment procedure for a dual grating pulse compressor

    Authors

    E. Miesak;R. Negres

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Appl. Optics

    Keywords

    AMPLIFICATION; Optics

    Abstract

    Grating pulse compressors are an integral part of chirped pulse amplification (CPA) lasers.(1) Accurate alignment of the compressor is required to obtain minimum pulsewidth at the output of the system. Dual grating compressors are difficult to align because they don't function unless they are close to optimum alignment, The procedure outlined here provides a simple step-wise method of aligning a dual grating pulse compressor so that the gratings will be parallel with one another, Once this condition has been established, only the distance between the gratings needs to be adjusted to start the system operating. At this point, the compressor can be critically aligned.

    Journal Title

    Applied Optics

    Volume

    37

    Issue/Number

    34

    Publication Date

    1-1-1998

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    8146

    Last Page

    8147

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000077168600036

    ISSN

    0003-6935

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