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Note: A large aperture four-mirror reflective wave-plate for high-intensity short-pulse laser experiments

B. Aurand, Christian Rödel, H. Y. Zhao, Stephan Kuschel, Martin Wünsche, O. Jäckel, Martin Heyer, Frank Wunderlich, Malte C. Kaluza, G. G. Paulus, Thomas J. Kuehl

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We report on a four-mirror reflective wave-plate system based on a phase-shifting mirror (PSM) for a continuous variation of elliptical polarization without changing the beam position and direction. The system presented and characterized here can replace a conventional retardation plate providing all advantages of a PSM, such as high damage-threshold, large scalability, and low dispersion. This makes reflective wave-plates an ideal tool for ultra-high power laser applications.

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We report on a four-mirror reflective wave-plate system based on a phase-shifting mirror (PSM) for a continuous variation of elliptical polarization without changing the beam position and direction. The system presented and characterized here can replace a conventional retardation plate providing all advantages of a PSM, such as high damage-threshold, large scalability, and low dispersion. This makes reflective wave-plates an ideal tool for ultra-high power laser applications.

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We report on a four-mirror reflective wave-plate system based on a phase-shifting mirror (PSM) for a continuous variation of elliptical polarization without changing the beam position and direction. The system presented and characterized here can replace a conventional retardation plate providing all advantages of a PSM, such as high damage-threshold, large scalability, and low dispersion. This makes reflective wave-plates an ideal tool for ultra-high power laser applications.

Key concepts: Optics, Laser, Waveplate, Polarization (electrochemistry), Aperture (computer memory), Materials science, Physics, Acoustics

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