Impact of Mid-Spatial Frequency Errors in Stretcher Optics on the Temporal Contrast of Short Optical Pulses
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Webb, Benjamin; Bahk, Seung-Whan; Bucht, Sara; Dorrer, Christophe; Feng, Chengyong; Jeon, Cheonha; Roides, Richard; Bromage, Jake
- Source
- 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2023 Conference on. :1-2 May, 2023
- Subject
- Photonics and Electrooptics
Degradation
Couplings
Spatiotemporal phenomena
Mirrors
Finishing
Electo-optic effects
Optical pulses
- Language
The impact of mid-spatial-frequency errors in stretcher optics on temporal contrast via spatiotemporal coupling is studied experimentally. Three Offner secondary mirrors are compared, clearly showing temporal contrast degradation resulting from magnetorheological finishing.