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The Generation of Higher-order Laguerre-Gauss Optical Beams for High-precision Interferometry
Published on: August 12, 2013
Efficient angular dispersion compensation in holographic generation of intense ultrashort paraxial beam modes
J Strohaber1, C Petersen, C J G J Uiterwaal
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Behlen Laboratory, The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, City Campus, Lincoln, NE 68588-0111, USA. jstroha1@bigred.unl.edu
Abstract:
We experimentally demonstrate that small misalignments of the pulse stretcher or compressor of our chirped-pulse-amplification laser can precompensate for angular chirp when producing ultrashort paraxial beam modes with holographic gratings. Using this approach we can eliminate one of the two gratings needed in our 2f-2f setup [Mariyenko, Opt. Express 13, 7599 (2005)]. This allows for up to an order of magnitude more output power. We see our method as the next step in the production of intense exotic forms of ultrashort pulses, which can be used in the investigation of intense laser-matter interactions. In addition, we produce the first femtosecond (helical-)Ince-Gaussian beams.
