Adaptive optics in a multistage TiS laser

H. Baumhacker; Georg Pretzler; Klaus-Juergen Witte; Manuel Hegelich; Marcin Kaluza; S. Karsch; Alexis V. Kudryashov; Vadim V. Samarkin; A. Rukosuev

doi:10.1117/12.469494

6 June 2002 Adaptive optics in a multistage TiS laser

H. Baumhacker, Georg Pretzler, Klaus-Juergen Witte, Manuel Hegelich, Marcin Kaluza, S. Karsch, Alexis V. Kudryashov, Vadim V. Samarkin, A. Rukosuev

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Proceedings Volume 4629, Laser Resonators and Beam Control V; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.469494
Event: High-Power Lasers and Applications, 2002, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

We describe a novel scheme consisting of two deformable mirrors that can free ultrashort laser pulses from simultaneously present severe wavefront distortions and strong intensity-profile modulations. This scheme is applied to the MPQ 10-TW TiS laser facility ATLAS. We demonstrate that thereby the focusability of the ATLAS pulses can be improved from 10¹⁸ to 2x10¹⁹ W/cm² without any penalty in recompression fidelity by using adaptive optical system.

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H. Baumhacker, Georg Pretzler, Klaus-Juergen Witte, Manuel Hegelich, Marcin Kaluza, S. Karsch, Alexis V. Kudryashov, Vadim V. Samarkin, and A. Rukosuev "Adaptive optics in a multistage TiS laser", Proc. SPIE 4629, Laser Resonators and Beam Control V, (6 June 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.469494

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