Precision damage tests of multilayer dielectric gratings for high-energy petawatt lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5647, Issue , 2005, Pages 34-42

  Jovanovic, Igor ^a   Brown, Curtis G ^a   Stuart, Brent C ^a   Molander, William A ^a   Nielsen, Norman D ^a   Wattellier, Benoit ^a   Britten, Jerald A ^a   Pennington, Deanna M ^a   Barty, Christopher P J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multilayer dielectric gratings; Petawatt lasers

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; IONIZATION; LASER DAMAGE; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT SOURCES; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

CHIRPED-PULSE AMPLIFICATION (CPA); MULTILAYER DIELECTRIC GRATINGS; PETAWATT LASERS; SPECTRAL DISPERSION;

HIGH ENERGY LASERS;

EID: 18744369651     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.585068     Document Type: Conference Paper

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