Collection Of theses on high power laser and plasma physics, 2012, 10 (1): S21401, Published Online: Jun. 2, 2017
Temporal contrast degration due to spectral phase distortion in CPA lasers
Abstract
We theoretically study the temporal contrast degradation by the spectral phase distortion in chirped pulse amplification (CPA) lasers. As an example, we analyze the impact of the surface qualities of the optical elements such as mirrors and grating in the stretcher and compressor on the temporal contrast. The temporal contrast declines fast in the case of a rapidly varying random surface error of the optical elements. When the values of PV, RMS and GRMS of the surface error curve are reduced, the temporal contrast is becoming better and better. And the temporal contrast can be improved after the surface error curve is to be spatial filtering. Those results are helpful for the choice of the surface parameters of the optical elements in the stretcher and compressor.
Qingwei Yang, Mingwei Liu, Yanhai Wang, Xinglong Xie, Jun Kang, Meizhi Sun, Tingting Xu, Qi Gao, Ailin Guo, Zunqi Lin. Temporal contrast degration due to spectral phase distortion in CPA lasers[J]. Collection Of theses on high power laser and plasma physics, 2012, 10(1): S21401.