We present a new non-linear solid-state technique for temporal femtosecond pulses cleaning. The contrast reaches 10/sup -10/ for millijoule input pulse. The method is reliable enough to solve the contrast issue for petawatt class lasers.
Temporal contrast enhanced to 10/sup -10/ for Petawatt scale femtosecond lasers
2005 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference ; 3 ; 2015-2017 vol. 3
2005-01-01
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