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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2005
Applicant:
Christopher P. J. Barty, Hayward, CA (US);
Inventor:
Christopher P. J. Barty, Hayward, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A grating pulse compressor configuration is introduced for increasing the optical dispersion for a given footprint and to make practical the application for chirped pulse amplification (CPA) to quasi-narrow bandwidth materials, such as Nd:YAG. The grating configurations often use cascaded pairs of gratings to increase angular dispersion an order of magnitude or more. Increased angular dispersion allows for decreased grating separation and a smaller compressor footprint.