• Collection Of theses on high power laser and plasma physics
  • Vol. 7, Issue 1, 1001 (2009)
Xiaoping Ouyang*, Xiaoyan Li, Yanli Zhang, Zhaoyang Li..., Guang Xu, Tao Wang, Baoqiang Zhu and Jianqiang Zhu|Show fewer author(s)
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  • Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Shanghai 201800, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/col20090711.1001 Cite this Article
    Xiaoping Ouyang, Xiaoyan Li, Yanli Zhang, Zhaoyang Li, Guang Xu, Tao Wang, Baoqiang Zhu, Jianqiang Zhu. A method to obtain pulse contrast on a single shot[J]. Collection Of theses on high power laser and plasma physics, 2009, 7(1): 1001 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A novel method for obtaining a single shot multi-point high dynamic range pulse contrast measurement is presented. We use Dammann gratings to generate multiple beamlets by division of amplitude on ultra- short laser pulses. The analysis results show that this method can achieve high dynamic range in pulse contrast measurement on a single shot by using photomultiplier tube (PMT) detectors and the long work- ing distances to minimize cross talk between channels. Some distortion of pulse shape is also analyzed detailedly with the Dammann grating and its compensation grating, which may degrade the pulse contrast measurement in some degree by pulse stretching and spectrum clipping.
    Xiaoping Ouyang, Xiaoyan Li, Yanli Zhang, Zhaoyang Li, Guang Xu, Tao Wang, Baoqiang Zhu, Jianqiang Zhu. A method to obtain pulse contrast on a single shot[J]. Collection Of theses on high power laser and plasma physics, 2009, 7(1): 1001
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