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Wavefront retrieval of amplified femtosecond beams by second-harmonic generation

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OPTICS EXPRESS
Volume 19, Issue 23, Pages 22851-22862

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OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.022851

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  1. Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (MICINN) [SAUUL CSD2007-00013, FIS2009-09522]
  2. Junta de Castilla y Leon [GR27]
  3. EC's Seventh Framework Programme (LASERLAB-EUROPE) [228334]
  4. Centro de Laseres Pulsados (CLPU)
  5. MICINN [AP2007-00202, BES-2007-17415]

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We present a new approach for wavefront characterization of near transform-limited intense femtosecond beams using the angular and spectral dependences of the second-harmonic generation conversion efficiency in uniaxial crystals. The method is applied to different aberrated beams and results are compared with the measurements performed with a commercial sensor, finding very good agreement. The phase retrieval dependence with different parameters (e.g. crystal thickness) is discussed. Successful application to sharpen intensity profiles is also demonstrated. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America

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