The implementation and data analysis of an interferometer for intense short pulse laser experiments

Park, Jaebum; Baldis, Hector A.; Chen, Hui

doi:10.1017/hpl.2016.21

Title: The implementation and data analysis of an interferometer for intense short pulse laser experiments

Journal Article · Wed Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · High Power Laser Science and Engineering

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2016.21· OSTI ID:1367971

Park, Jaebum ^[1]; Baldis, Hector A. ^[2]; Chen, Hui ^[3]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

We present an interferometry setup and the detailed fringe analysis method for intense short pulse (SP) laser experiments. The interferometry scheme was refined through multiple campaigns to investigate the effects of pre-plasmas on energetic electrons at the Jupiter Laser Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The interferometer used a frequency doubled ($${\it\lambda}=0.527~{\rm\mu}\text{m}$$) 0.5 ps long optical probe beam to measure the pre-plasma density, an invaluable parameter to better understand how varying pre-plasma conditions affect the characteristics of the energetic electrons. The hardware of the diagnostic, data analysis and example data are presented. Here, the diagnostic setup and the analysis procedure can be employed for any other SP laser experiments and interferograms, respectively.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1367971

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-681062; applab

Journal Information:: High Power Laser Science and Engineering, Vol. 4; ISSN 2095-4719

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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