Active cooling of pulse compression diffraction gratings for high energy, high average power ultrafast lasers

DA Alessi, PA Rosso, HT Nguyen, MD Aasen… - Optics …, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Laser energy absorption and subsequent heat removal from diffraction gratings in chirped
pulse compressors poses a significant challenge in high repetition rate, high peak power …

Few-cycle pulse laser-induced damage of thin films in air and vacuum ambience

KRP Kafka, N Talisa, G Tempea… - … Induced Damage in …, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Laser-induced damage mechanisms were investigated for an ultra-broadband chirped
mirror, as part of a systematic study of few-cycle pulse laser-induced damage threshold …

Laser-induced damage with femtosecond pulses

KRP Kafka - 2017 - rave.ohiolink.edu
The strong electric fields of focused femtosecond laser pulses lead to non-equilibrium
dynamics in materials, which, beyond a threshold intensity, causes laser-induced damage …