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Achromatic circular polarization generation for ultra-intense lasers

Rambo, Patrick K.; Kimmel, Mark; Bennett, Guy R.; Schwarz, Jens; Schollmeier, Marius; Atherton, B.

Generating circular polarization for ultra-intense lasers requires solutions beyond traditional transmissive waveplates which have insufficient bandwidth and pose nonlinear phase (B-integral) problems. We demonstrate a reflective design employing 3 metallic mirrors to generate circular polarization.