Generation and control of chirped, ultrafast pulse trains

A method for generating non-uniformly spaced (chirped) trains of high-energy, high-contrast, femtosecond pulses is described and demonstrated. In this method a temporally stretched laser pulse is passed through an acousto-optic programmable dispersive filter (AOPDF), a birefringent plate, and a line...

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Main Authors: O'Keeffe, K, Robinson, T, Hooker, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010