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FASTLITE DAZZLER User Manual

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Contents
1 Introduction 2
1.1 System components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1.1 Crystal unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1.2 RF generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1.3 Laptop computer and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Physics 6
2.1 AOPDF principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.1 Phase-matching conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.2 Poynting vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1.3 Pulse-shaping mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.2 Key parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2.1 Diffraction efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2.2 Spectral resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.2.3 Number of independent programming points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.2.4 Input beam angular aperture (divergence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.2.5 Acoustic power density to drive n points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.2.6 Convolution with an acoustical linear chirp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.2.7 Maximal pulse shaping capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.2.8 Crystal dispersion compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.2.9 Beam orientations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.3 Formulæ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3 Installation & setup 15
3.1 Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.1.1 Connecting the unit and starting the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.1.2 Define the general settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.1.3 Define the waveform combination options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.1.4 Define the spectral amplitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.1.5 Define the spectral phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.1.6 Launching a waveform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.1.7 Stopping the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.2 Examples of experimental setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.2.1 Ultrafast CPA laser controlled by a Dazzler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.2.2 Dazzler after an optical parametric amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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FASTLITE DAZZLER Specifications

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BrandFASTLITE
ModelDAZZLER
CategoryMeasuring Instruments
LanguageEnglish