Two-pass full-tiled grating compressor with real-time monitoring and control for XG-III petawatt-class laser facility

  • Z. L. Li
  • , X. Wang
  • , J. Mu
  • , W. Yan
  • , Q. H. Zhu
  • , J. Q. Su
  • , K. N. Zhou
  • , J. W. Zhang
  • , Z. H. Wu
  • , S. Zhou
  • , Y. L. Zuo
  • , H. Z. Liu

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Abstract

A two-pass, full-tiled grating compressor with a unique feedback control system for precise alignment was realized in an XG-III petawatt-class laser facility, based on the chirped-pulse amplification (CPA) technique. Far-field images of both 0th order and-1st order diffraction light of a tiled grating assembly (TGA) were recorded using a CCD camera, by which the tiling errors of the TGA can be identified and corrected in real-time without disturbing the main beam. A final compressed pulse of 615fs (FWHM) with a focal spot about 1.1 times the diffraction limited (DL) size was achieved.

Original languageEnglish
Article number015301
JournalLaser Physics
Volume25
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2015

Keywords

  • CPA
  • compressor
  • grating tiling
  • petawatt-class laser
  • real-time

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