Kaksis, E., Guo, Zh., Stummer, V., Pugzlys, A., Zeng, H., & Baltuška, A. (2025). A Compact Zigzag Compressor for Spectrally-Divided Broadband Chirped Pulse Amplification. In OPTICA Publishing Group (Ed.), CLEO 2025 (pp. 1–2). https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2025.SS159_5
We propose a scalable folding geometry for CPA dispersion management that allows a 10-fold increase of the stretched pulse duration and a 3-fold increase of damage-limited extractable pulse energy compared to a standard grating-pair compressor with the same aperture.
