Generation of 1.2 X diffraction-limited focal spot from the 100 TW Ti:sapphire laser system

Tae Moon Jeong; Il Woo Choi; Nasr Hafz; Jae Hee Sung; Do-Kyeong Ko; Jongmin Lee

doi:10.1117/12.726644

16 May 2007 Generation of 1.2 X diffraction-limited focal spot from the 100 TW Ti:sapphire laser system

Tae Moon Jeong, Il Woo Choi, Nasr Hafz, Jae Hee Sung, Do-Kyeong Ko, Jongmin Lee

Proceedings Volume 6584, Adaptive Optics for Laser Systems and Other Applications; 65840H (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.726644
Event: International Congress on Optics and Optoelectronics, 2007, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

The wavefront aberrations in the 100 TW laser pulses are measured and corrected to improve the intensity distribution of the focal spot. Before correcting wavefront aberration of the laser pulses, the laser pulses have higher-order aberrations such as coma, trefoil, and spherical aberration as well as defocus and astigmatism. The wavefront aberrations in the laser pulses are corrected by the deformable mirror. The dynamic and static corrections are tested with the deformable mirror. When correcting wavefront aberrations with the deformable mirror, the focal spot having a 1.2 times spot size of the diffraction-limited focal spot is observed.

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Tae Moon Jeong, Il Woo Choi, Nasr Hafz, Jae Hee Sung, Do-Kyeong Ko, and Jongmin Lee "Generation of 1.2 X diffraction-limited focal spot from the 100 TW Ti:sapphire laser system", Proc. SPIE 6584, Adaptive Optics for Laser Systems and Other Applications, 65840H (16 May 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.726644

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