Pulse Front Tilt Calculator
Determine the pulse front tilt introduced by a diffraction grating. The tilt angle depends on the grating groove density, diffraction angle, and wavelength, and is important for non-collinear optical parametric amplifiers and THz generation.
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Results
Tilt Angle
47.95°
Group Delay
36975.1 fs
Angular Dispersion
1.386 mrad/nm
Pulse Front Tilt Results
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Pulse Front Tilt Angle γ | 47.9461° |
| tan(γ) | 1.108513 |
| Angular Dispersion | 1.3856 mrad/nm |
| Group Delay Across Beam | 36975.07 fs |
| Beam Diameter | 10 mm |
| Groove Density | 1200 lines/mm |
| Diffraction Angle | 30° |
| Formula | tan(γ) = λG / cos(β) |
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