Title
Alignment procedure for a dual grating pulse compressor
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
ISSN
0003-6935
Recommended Citation
"Alignment procedure for a dual grating pulse compressor" (1998). Faculty Bibliography 1990s. 2361.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib1990/2361
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