Efficient aberrations pre-compensation and wavefront correction with a deformable mirror in the middle of a petawatt-class CPA laser system

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 649-655

  Canova, F ^a   Flacco, A ^a   Canova, L ^a   Clady, R ^a   Chambaret, J P ^a   Ple F ^b   Pittman, M ^b   Planchon, T A ^c   Silva, M ^d   Benocci, R ^d   Lucchini, G ^d   Batani, D ^d   Lavergne, E ^e   Dovillaire, G ^e   Levecq, X ^e  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES MOLÉCULAIRES D ORSAY   (France)

^c Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e Imagine Optic   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; CPA; Femtosecond lasers; Laser matter interaction; Wavefront distortion

Indexed keywords

DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; LASER-MATTER INTERACTION; LOWER STATIC ABERRATIONS; WAVEFRONT DISTORTION;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; MIRRORS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; WAVEFRONTS;

ABERRATIONS;

EID: 37249090152     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034607000754     Document Type: Article

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