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Measurement and Analysis of Atomic Hydrogen and Diatomic Molecular AlO, C2, CN, and TiO Spectra Following Laser-induced Optical Breakdown
Published on: February 14, 2014
Beam breakup integral measurement on high-power laser chains
Denis Villate1, Nathalie Blanchot, Claude Rouyer
1Université Bordeaux1, CNRS, CEA: UMR 5107 Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, 351 Cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence Cedex, France. villate@celia.u-bordeaux1.fr
Abstract:
We experimentally demonstrate the efficiency of a single-shot method to measure the beam breakup integral (B) accumulated across a high power chain. The technique uses spectrally shaped strongly chirped femtosecond pulses and takes advantage of time-to-spectral coupling generated by nonlinear effects. We performed B measurements on regenerative amplifiers (Ti:sapphire) and on the ALISE 200 J facility currently installed at CEA-CESTA (France).
