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Title: Enhancement of temporal contrast of high-power laser pulses in an anisotropic medium with cubic nonlinearity

Journal Article · · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)
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  1. Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod (Russian Federation)

We consider the methods for enhancing the temporal contrast of super-high-power laser pulses, based on the conversion of radiation polarisation in a medium with cubic nonlinearity. For a medium with weak birefringence and isotropic nonlinearity, we propose a new scheme to enhance the temporal contrast. For a medium with anisotropic nonlinearity, the efficiency of the temporal contrast optimisation is shown to depend not only on the spatial orientation of the crystal and B-integral, but also on the type of the crystal lattice symmetry. (extreme light fields and their applications)

OSTI ID:
22551251
Journal Information:
Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Vol. 45, Issue 5; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7818
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English