Alignment of a multigrating mosaic compressor in a PW-class CPA-laser

M. Hornung; R. Bödefeld; M. Siebold; S. Podleska; M. Schnepp; J. Hein; R. Sauerbrey

doi:10.1117/12.624806

14 October 2005 Alignment of a multigrating mosaic compressor in a PW-class CPA-laser

M. Hornung, R. Bödefeld, M. Siebold, S. Podleska, M. Schnepp, J. Hein, R. Sauerbrey

Proceedings Volume 5962, Optical Design and Engineering II; 59622K (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.624806
Event: Optical Systems Design 2005, 2005, Jena, Germany

Abstract

The coherent adding (tiling) of gratings is a promising alternative to large single gratings for highest-power CPA lasers. However, in order to obtain both temporally and spatially undistorted beam profiles it is necessary to align the mosaic gratings accurately to less than λ/20 with respect to one another. This paper is aimed at a thorough description of the alignment procedure, which uses both spatial and temporal properties of the laser beam to detect grating misalignments. The main emphasis lies within the analysis of the k-space, which becomes accessible by focussing the compressed laser-pulse or a monochromatic alignment laser, respectively. We present the effect of grating misalignments on both focal area and near field by propagating continuous-wave, monochromatic laser light through a misaligned tiled grating compressor.

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M. Hornung, R. Bödefeld, M. Siebold, S. Podleska, M. Schnepp, J. Hein, and R. Sauerbrey "Alignment of a multigrating mosaic compressor in a PW-class CPA-laser", Proc. SPIE 5962, Optical Design and Engineering II, 59622K (14 October 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.624806

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