Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 40, Issue 2, 0232001(2020)

Focal Spot Deterioration Analysis of Plasma Mirrors in High-Power Ultrashort Laser Systems

Dongjun Zhang1,2, Ping Zhu1、**, Xinglong Xie1、*, Jun Kang1, Qingwei Yang1, Haidong Zhu1, Ailin Guo1, Meizhi Sun1, Qi Gao1, and Jianqiang Zhu1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of High Power Laser and Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Dongjun Zhang, Ping Zhu, Xinglong Xie, Jun Kang, Qingwei Yang, Haidong Zhu, Ailin Guo, Meizhi Sun, Qi Gao, Jianqiang Zhu. Focal Spot Deterioration Analysis of Plasma Mirrors in High-Power Ultrashort Laser Systems[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2020, 40(2): 0232001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Ultrafast Optics

    Received: Jul. 8, 2019

    Accepted: Sep. 9, 2019

    Published Online: Jan. 2, 2020

    The Author Email: Zhu Ping (zhp1990@siom.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202040.0232001

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