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Experimental demonstration of a synthetic aperture compression scheme for multi-Petawatt high-energy lasers.

Blanchot, N; Bar, E; Behar, G; Bellet, C; Bigourd, D; Boubault, F; Chappuis, C; Coïc, H; Damiens-Dupont, C; Flour, O; Hartmann, O; Hilsz, L; Hugonnot, E; Lavastre, E; Luce, J; Mazataud, E; Neauport, J; Noailles, S; Remy, B; Sautarel, F; Sautet, M; Rouyer, C.

Opt Express ; 18(10): 10088-97, 2010 May 10.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20588862

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We present the experimental demonstration of a subaperture compression scheme achieved in the PETAL (PETawatt Aquitaine Laser) facility. We evidence that by dividing the beam into small subapertures fitting the available grating size, the sub-beam can be individually compressed below 1 ps, synchronized below 50 fs and then coherently added thanks to a segmented mirror.

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Lasers , Lenses , Refractometry/instrumentation , Computer-Aided Design , Energy Transfer , Equipment Design , Equipment Failure Analysis

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