Multilayer dielectric gratings for petawatt-class laser systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5273, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-7

  Britten, Jerald A ^a   Molander, William ^a   Komashko, Aleksey M ^b   Barty, C P J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Chirped pulse amplification; Multilayer dielectric gratings; Petawatt lasers; Reactive ion milling

Indexed keywords

CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION; MULTILAYER DIELECTRIC GRATINGS; PETAWATT LASERS; REACTIVE ION MILLING;

ASPECT RATIO; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LASER DAMAGE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 5544326641     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.524015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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