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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2007

F. Canova ,
A. Flacco ,
L. Canova ,
R. Clady ,
J.-P. Chambaret ,
F. PlÉ ,
M. Pittman ,
T.A. Planchon ,
M. Silva  and
R. Benocci
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F. Canova*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA-Ecole Polytechnique-CNRSUMR 7639, Chemin de la Hunière, Palaiseau CEDEX, France
A. Flacco
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA-Ecole Polytechnique-CNRSUMR 7639, Chemin de la Hunière, Palaiseau CEDEX, France
L. Canova
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA-Ecole Polytechnique-CNRSUMR 7639, Chemin de la Hunière, Palaiseau CEDEX, France
R. Clady
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA-Ecole Polytechnique-CNRSUMR 7639, Chemin de la Hunière, Palaiseau CEDEX, France
J.-P. Chambaret
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA-Ecole Polytechnique-CNRSUMR 7639, Chemin de la Hunière, Palaiseau CEDEX, France
F. PlÉ
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'interaction du rayonnement X avec la matière (LIXAM), UMR 8624, Orsay, France
M. Pittman
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'interaction du rayonnement X avec la matière (LIXAM), UMR 8624, Orsay, France
T.A. Planchon
Affiliation:
Colorado School of Mines, Department of Physics, Golden, Colorado
M. Silva
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica G. Occhialini, Università Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
R. Benocci
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica G. Occhialini, Università Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
G. Lucchini
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica G. Occhialini, Università Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
D. Batani
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica G. Occhialini, Università Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
E. Lavergne
Affiliation:
Imagine Optic, Orsay, France
G. Dovillaire
Affiliation:
Imagine Optic, Orsay, France
X. Levecq
Affiliation:
Imagine Optic, Orsay, France
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Federico Canova, Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA-Ecole Polytechnique-CNRSUMR 7639, Chemin de la Hunière, 91761 Palaiseau CEDEX, France. E-mail: federico.canova@ensta.fr
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Abstract

In this paper, we describe the experimental validation of the technique of correction of wavefront aberration in the middle of the laser amplifying chain. This technique allows the correction of the aberrations from the first part of the laser system, and the pre-compensation of the aberrations built in the second part. This approach will allow an effective aberration management in the laser chain, to protect the optical surfaces and optimize performances, and is the only possible approach for multi-petawatt laser system from the technical and economical point of view. This approach is now possible after the introduction of new deformable mirrors with lower static aberrations and higher dynamic than the standard devices.

Keywords

Adaptive opticsCPAFemtosecond lasersLaser-matter interactionWavefront distortion
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , December 2007 , pp. 649 - 655
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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