Effects of primary spherical aberration, coma, astigmatism, and field curvature on the focusing of ultrashort pulses: experimental results

M. A. González-Galicia; J. Garduño-Mejia; M. Rosete-Aguilar; N. C. Bruce; R. Ortega-Martínez

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25 October 2011 Effects of primary spherical aberration, coma, astigmatism, and field curvature on the focusing of ultrashort pulses: experimental results

M. A. González-Galicia, J. Garduño-Mejia, M. Rosete-Aguilar, N. C. Bruce, R. Ortega-Martínez

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Proceedings Volume 8011, 22nd Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Light for the Development of the World; 801133 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.901823
Event: International Commission for Optics (ICO 22), 2011, Puebla, Mexico

Abstract

We analyze the Gaussian temporal envelope of pulses with an initial duration of 200fs and a carrier wavelength of 810nm at the paraxial focal plane of an achromatic doublet lens designed in the IR region. The Seidel aberrations for thin lenses are evaluated for a well-collimated beam. We analyze the effect of these aberrations in the focusing of ultrashort pulses for gaussian illumination and experimental results are presented for 200fs incident pulses and for three incident angles: 0°, 5°, and 8°.

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M. A. González-Galicia, J. Garduño-Mejia, M. Rosete-Aguilar, N. C. Bruce, and R. Ortega-Martínez "Effects of primary spherical aberration, coma, astigmatism, and field curvature on the focusing of ultrashort pulses: experimental results", Proc. SPIE 8011, 22nd Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Light for the Development of the World, 801133 (25 October 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.901823

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