Generation of multi-terawatt vortex laser beams
Optics
2015-06-18 v1
Abstract
We report the fabrication of large-area phase masks on thin fused-silica substrates that are suitable for shaping multi-terawatt femtosecond laser beams. We apply these phase masks for the generation of intense femtosecond optical vortices. We further quantify distortions of the vortex beam patterns that result from several common types of mask defects.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1402.7069,
title = {Generation of multi-terawatt vortex laser beams},
author = {Craig Ament and Lee Johnson and Andreas Schmitt-Sody and Adrian Lucero and Thomas Milster and Pavel Polynkin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.7069},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
13 pages, 7 figures