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Title: Characterization of the spectral phase of an intense laser at focus via ionization blueshift

Abstract

An in situ diagnostic for verifying the spectral phase of an intense laser pulse at focus is shown. This diagnostic relies on measuring the effect of optical compression on ionization-induced blueshifting of the laser spectrum. Experimental results from the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator, a laser source rigorously characterized by conventional techniques, are presented and compared with simulations to illustrate the utility of this technique. These simulations show distinguishable effects from second-, third-, and fourth-order spectral phase.

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  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Eindhoven Univ. of Technology (Netherlands)
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
OSTI Identifier:
1393072
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1328629
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of the Optical Society of America. Part B, Optical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 33; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 0740-3224
Publisher:
Optical Society of America (OSA)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Mittelberger, D. E., Nakamura, K., Lehe, R., Gonsalves, A. J., Benedetti, C., Mao, H. -S., Daniels, J., Dale, N., Venkatakrishnan, S. V., Swanson, K. K., Esarey, E., and Leemans, W. P. Characterization of the spectral phase of an intense laser at focus via ionization blueshift. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1364/JOSAB.33.001978.
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Mittelberger, D. E., Nakamura, K., Lehe, R., Gonsalves, A. J., Benedetti, C., Mao, H. -S., Daniels, J., Dale, N., Venkatakrishnan, S. V., Swanson, K. K., Esarey, E., & Leemans, W. P. Characterization of the spectral phase of an intense laser at focus via ionization blueshift. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.33.001978
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Mittelberger, D. E., Nakamura, K., Lehe, R., Gonsalves, A. J., Benedetti, C., Mao, H. -S., Daniels, J., Dale, N., Venkatakrishnan, S. V., Swanson, K. K., Esarey, E., and Leemans, W. P. Fri . "Characterization of the spectral phase of an intense laser at focus via ionization blueshift". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.33.001978. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1393072.
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@article{osti_1393072,
title = {Characterization of the spectral phase of an intense laser at focus via ionization blueshift},
author = {Mittelberger, D. E. and Nakamura, K. and Lehe, R. and Gonsalves, A. J. and Benedetti, C. and Mao, H. -S. and Daniels, J. and Dale, N. and Venkatakrishnan, S. V. and Swanson, K. K. and Esarey, E. and Leemans, W. P.},
abstractNote = {An in situ diagnostic for verifying the spectral phase of an intense laser pulse at focus is shown. This diagnostic relies on measuring the effect of optical compression on ionization-induced blueshifting of the laser spectrum. Experimental results from the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator, a laser source rigorously characterized by conventional techniques, are presented and compared with simulations to illustrate the utility of this technique. These simulations show distinguishable effects from second-, third-, and fourth-order spectral phase.},
doi = {10.1364/JOSAB.33.001978},
journal = {Journal of the Optical Society of America. Part B, Optical Physics},
number = 9,
volume = 33,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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