Efficient Spherical Wavefront Correction near the Focus for the 0.89 PW/29.0 fs Ti:Sapphire Laser Beam

摘要

@@ We demonstrate a new loop system of the spherical wavefront (SW) correction near the beam focus to effectively improve the focusability of 0.89 PW/29.0 fs Ti:sapphire chirped pulse amplification laser.After wavefront correction, the Strehl ratio is improved to reach 0.91, and the focal spot size using the f/4 off-axis parabola is reduced to 6.34 x 6.94μm2 (corresponding to 1.63 x 1.78 times diffraction limitation).With full peak power of 0.89 PW, the peak intensity of 2.59 x 1021 W/cm2 is obtained.The experimental results show that the SW correction scheme near the beam focus is comparatively simple, economic and high-efficient.