Design of optimal dispersive mirrors for femtosecond enhancement cavities and compressors by minimizing phase distortion power

• Main Authors: Birge, Jonathan R. (Contributor), Kaertner, Franz X. (Contributor)
• Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics (Contributor)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2010-10-06T18:06:05Z.
• Subjects: Article
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The optimization of phase distortion spectral power density is proposed as an alternative to GDD minimization of ultrafast cavity mirrors. This criterion is shown to minimize the detuning of cavity resonances from a uniform comb.