Wave-Front Control of a Large-Aperture Laser System by Use of a Static Phase Corrector
Applied Optics, Vol. 39, Issue 12, pp. 1954-1961 (2000)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.39.001954
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Abstract
In large-aperture, ultrahigh-intensity laser systems, such as Vulcan at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, one of the most important factors that determines the ultimate on-target focused intensity is the wave-front quality of the laser pulse. We report on a wave-front analysis carried out on Vulcan to determine the nature and contribution of the aberrations present in the laser pulse that effectively limited the available on-target intensity. We also report on a significant improvement to the wave-front quality that was achieved by static correction of the main aberration, resulting in an increase of focused intensities by a factor of 4.
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OCIS Codes
(120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry
(140.3280) Lasers and laser optics : Laser amplifiers
Citation
Cristina Hernandez-Gomez, John L. Collier, Steve J. Hawkes, Colin N. Danson, Chris B. Edwards, Dave A. Pepler, Ian N. Ross, and Trevor B. Winstone, "Wave-Front Control of a Large-Aperture Laser System by Use of a Static Phase Corrector," Appl. Opt. 39, 1954-1961 (2000)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-39-12-1954
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