Angular chirp and tilted light pulses in CPA lasers
Angular chirp and tilted light pulses in CPA lasers
复制标题
DOI:
10.1007/s003400050001
复制
发表时间:
2000-01-01
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Witte, KJ
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Pretzler, G;Kasper, A;Witte, KJ
We investigate analytically and experimentally various aspects of the angular chirp of ultrashort laser pulses. This type of chirp is easily produced by slight misalignment of standard pulse stretcher and/or compressor setups. Angular chirp leads to tilted pulse fronts in the near field and to a strong reduction of intensity in the focus. The effect is rather difficult to observe with standard diagnostic techniques. We present a method that is based on interferometric field autocorrelation and allows us to measure the angular chirp reliably. Suggestions on how to avoid this effect are outlined as well.