Interferometric adaptive optics for high-power laser pointing and wavefront control and phasing

Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Baker, Kevin L ^a   Stappaerts, Eddy A ^a,b   Homoelle, Doug C ^a   Henesian, Mark A ^a   Bliss, Erlan S ^a   Siders, Craig W ^a   Barty, Chris P J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Stappaerts Consulting LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Interferometry; Short pulse lasers; Wavefront sensing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; EXPERIMENTS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER PULSES; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; RADIOLOGY; SENSORS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS; BEAM LINES; BEAM POINTING; CONE TARGETS; DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; ENCIRCLED ENERGY; ERROR BUDGETS; FAST IGNITION; NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; PERFORMANCE LEVEL; ROOT MEAN SQUARES; SHORT-PULSE LASERS; STREHL RATIO; STRINGENT REQUIREMENT; TOTAL ENERGY; WAVE FRONT CONTROL; WAVE FRONT SENSORS; WAVEFRONT QUALITY; WAVEFRONT SENSING;

WAVEFRONTS;

EID: 70349210041     PISSN: 19325150     EISSN: 19325134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3167840     Document Type: Conference Paper

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