A high throughput (>90%), large compensation range, single-prism femtosecond pulse compressor

2013/06/20 by Lingjie Kong, Kong, Lingjie, Meng Cui +1
Chemistry · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) #Laser Design and Applications #Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications #Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications #Optics (physics.optics) #physics.ins-det #physics.optics

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1306.5011

arxiv created 2013/06/20 · openalex publication_date 2013/06/20 · arxiv updated 2013/06/24 · openalex created_date 2024/04/11 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We demonstrate a high throughput, large compensation range, single-prism femtosecond pulse compressor, using a single prism and two roof mirrors. The compressor has zero angular dispersion, zero spatial dispersion, zero pulse-front tilt, and unity magnification. The high efficiency is achieved by adopting two roof mirrors as the retroreflectors. We experimentally achieved ~ -14500 fs2 group delay dispersion (GDD) with 30 cm of prism tip-roof mirror prism separation, and ~90.7% system throughput with the current implementation. With better components, the throughput can be even higher.

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