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J. Phys. IV France
Volume 133, June 2006
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| Page(s) | 601 - 605 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:2006133120 | |
| Published online | 16 June 2006 | |
Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications 2005
J.-C. Gauthier, et al.
J. Phys. IV France 133 (2006) 601-605
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2006133120
1 HORIBA Jobin Yvon SAS, 16-18 rue du Canal, 91165 Longjumeau Cedex, France
2 HORIBA Jobin Yvon Inc., 3880 Park Avenue, Edison, New Jersey, 08820 USA, USA
© EDP Sciences 2006
J.-C. Gauthier, et al.
J. Phys. IV France 133 (2006) 601-605
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2006133120
New MLD gratings adapted for tiling in petawatt-class lasers
J. Flamand1, G. de Villèle1, A. Cotel1, B. Touzet1 and S. Kane21 HORIBA Jobin Yvon SAS, 16-18 rue du Canal, 91165 Longjumeau Cedex, France
2 HORIBA Jobin Yvon Inc., 3880 Park Avenue, Edison, New Jersey, 08820 USA, USA
Abstract
Laser-induced damage threshold of gratings remains the
main limiting factor towards generating higher-energy compressed pulses
(terawatt and petawatt). HORIBA Jobin Yvon has first developed the
manufacturing of large gold coated gratings, dimensions up to half a meter.
Then we have developed large multilayer dielectric (MLD) gratings for
working at 1.053 microns with 2 to 3 times higher damage threshold than gold
coated gratings for ps pulses, and higher efficiency (up to 96% averaged
over the full aperture). In addition these large MLD gratings are optimised
for mosaic (tiling) configurations, in which the total useful grating length
may reach 1 meter or more.
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