Open AccessSeidel aberrations in grating pulse stretchers
Author(s) -
Štěpán Vyhlídka,
Daniel Kramer,
G. Kalinchenko,
B. Rus
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.24.030421
Subject(s) - optics , dispersion (optics) , ultrashort pulse , residual , pulse shaping , physics , phase (matter) , grating , spherical aberration , pulse (music) , bandwidth limited pulse , materials science , laser , mathematics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , detector , lens (geology)
We derived a formula for calculation of the spectral phase of ultrashort pulses propagating through aberrated stretchers. Our approach is based on Seidel aberration theory. The dependence of spectral phase dispersion terms and residual angular dispersion on the individual Seidel aberration coefficients is found. As an example, the spectral phase deviation and the residual angular dispersion of an ultrashort pulse for the Martinez/Banks stretcher using spherical optics is calculated.