BEAM SHAPING
SL-XPW-1000
For clean, high contrast pulses
Laser contrast enhancement (> 3 orders)
Laser post compression (> 2 folds)
Fully customizable, fully interfaced, fully stabilized
The SL-XPW system
The SL-XPW system
Laser contrast enhancement (> 3 orders)
Laser post compression (> 2 folds)
Fully customizable, fully interfaced, fully stabilized
This system is based on cross-polarized wave generation (XPW).
This compact XPW filter is adapted for contrast enhancement by three orders of magnitude or more of ultrashort lasers with up to multi-kHz repetition rate and energies up to more than 10 mJ, while ensuring up to 20% transmission.
This filter is also an efficient post-compressor for ultrashort laser pulses.
The system can be used with various rare gases and gaseous mixtures of these gases. Different millimetric and submillimetric nozzle types can be installed.
The typical atomic peak density at the exit of a submillimetric nozzle is close to 2.1021 atoms/cm3.
Typical temporal profiles before and after XPW
a. Pulse compression from 50 to 20 fs
b. Coherent contrast enhancement by 2 orders of magnitude
c. Incoherent contrast enhancement by 4 orders of magnitude
5 fs pulse FROG traces After HCF and after XPW filtering
Spatial beam profiles after XPW a) near-field and b) far-field
Performances:
Input energy range: 1 – 10 mJ
Input duration range: 5 – 100 fs
Global energy throughput: 10 – 20 % depending on configurations
Spectral bandwith XPW pulse FTL duration: 3 – 4 orders depending on configurations
Available options:
– Low B-integral
– Input / output beam pointing stabilizationµ
– Fully motorized system
– Front-end full characterization
Features:
– Reflective optics design
– Motorized mounts, cameras and software
– Additional motorized
- A. Jullien et al.
Carrier-envelope-phase stable, high-contrast, double chirped pulse amplification system
Optics Letters, Volume 39, Issue 13, pp. 3774-3777 (2014)
- A. Ricci et al.
Generation of high-fidelity few-cycle pulses at 2.1 µm via cross-polarized wave generation
Optics Express, Volume 21, Issue 8, pp. 9711-9720, April (2013)
- A. Ricci et al.
Energy-scalable temporal cleaning device for femtosecond laser pulses based on cross-polarized wave generation
Review of Scientific Instruments, Volume 84, Issue 4, 043106, April (2013)
- Overview
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For clean, high contrast pulses
Laser contrast enhancement (> 3 orders)
Laser post compression (> 2 folds)
Fully customizable, fully interfaced, fully stabilized
The SL-XPW system
The SL-XPW system
Laser contrast enhancement (> 3 orders)
Laser post compression (> 2 folds)
Fully customizable, fully interfaced, fully stabilized
This system is based on cross-polarized wave generation (XPW).
This compact XPW filter is adapted for contrast enhancement by three orders of magnitude or more of ultrashort lasers with up to multi-kHz repetition rate and energies up to more than 10 mJ, while ensuring up to 20% transmission.
This filter is also an efficient post-compressor for ultrashort laser pulses.
The system can be used with various rare gases and gaseous mixtures of these gases. Different millimetric and submillimetric nozzle types can be installed.
The typical atomic peak density at the exit of a submillimetric nozzle is close to 2.1021 atoms/cm3.
Typical temporal profiles before and after XPW
a. Pulse compression from 50 to 20 fs
b. Coherent contrast enhancement by 2 orders of magnitude
c. Incoherent contrast enhancement by 4 orders of magnitude5 fs pulse FROG traces After HCF and after XPW filtering
Spatial beam profiles after XPW a) near-field and b) far-field
- Specifications
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Performances:
Input energy range: 1 – 10 mJ
Input duration range: 5 – 100 fs
Global energy throughput: 10 – 20 % depending on configurations
Spectral bandwith XPW pulse FTL duration: 3 – 4 orders depending on configurations
Available options:
– Low B-integral
– Input / output beam pointing stabilizationµ
– Fully motorized system
– Front-end full characterizationFeatures:
– Reflective optics design
– Motorized mounts, cameras and software
– Additional motorized - Downloads
- Publications
-
- A. Jullien et al.
Carrier-envelope-phase stable, high-contrast, double chirped pulse amplification system
Optics Letters, Volume 39, Issue 13, pp. 3774-3777 (2014)
- A. Ricci et al.
Generation of high-fidelity few-cycle pulses at 2.1 µm via cross-polarized wave generation
Optics Express, Volume 21, Issue 8, pp. 9711-9720, April (2013)
- A. Ricci et al.
Energy-scalable temporal cleaning device for femtosecond laser pulses based on cross-polarized wave generation
Review of Scientific Instruments, Volume 84, Issue 4, 043106, April (2013)
- A. Jullien et al.