Temporally Resolved Intensity Contouring (TRIC) for characterization of the absolute spatio-temporal intensity distribution of a relativistic, femtosecond laser pulse
Abstract
Today's high-power laser systems are capable of reaching photon intensities up to 1022 W cm-2, generating plasmas when interacting with material. The high intensity and ultrashort laser pulse duration (fs) make direct observation of plasma dynamics a challenging task. In the field of laser-plasma physics and especially for the acceleration of ions, the spatio-temporal intensity distribution is one of the most critical aspects. We describe a novel method based on a single-shot (i.e. single laser pulse) chirped probing scheme, taking nine sequential frames at frame rates up to THz. This technique, to which we refer as temporally resolved intensity contouring (TRIC) enables single-shot measurement of laser-plasma dynamics. Using TRIC, we demonstrate the reconstruction of the complete spatio-temporal intensity distribution of a high-power laser pulse in the focal plane at full pulse energy with sub-picosecond resolution.
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- Ludwig-Maximillians-Univ. München, München (Germany)
- Ludwig-Maximillians-Univ. München, München (Germany); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Ludwig-Maximillians-Univ. München, München (Germany); Max-Planck-Inst. für Quantenoptik, München (Germany)
- Ludwig-Maximillians-Univ. München, München (Germany); Max-Planck-Inst. für Quantenoptik, München (Germany); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1581344
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Scientific Reports
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; imaging and sensing; laser-produced plasmas; ultrafast photonics
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Haffa, Daniel, Bin, Jianhui, Speicher, Martin, Allinger, Klaus, Hartmann, Jens, Kreuzer, Christian, Ridente, Enrico, Ostermayr, Tobias M., and Schreiber, Jörg. Temporally Resolved Intensity Contouring (TRIC) for characterization of the absolute spatio-temporal intensity distribution of a relativistic, femtosecond laser pulse. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-42683-z.
Haffa, Daniel, Bin, Jianhui, Speicher, Martin, Allinger, Klaus, Hartmann, Jens, Kreuzer, Christian, Ridente, Enrico, Ostermayr, Tobias M., & Schreiber, Jörg. Temporally Resolved Intensity Contouring (TRIC) for characterization of the absolute spatio-temporal intensity distribution of a relativistic, femtosecond laser pulse. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42683-z
Haffa, Daniel, Bin, Jianhui, Speicher, Martin, Allinger, Klaus, Hartmann, Jens, Kreuzer, Christian, Ridente, Enrico, Ostermayr, Tobias M., and Schreiber, Jörg. Wed .
"Temporally Resolved Intensity Contouring (TRIC) for characterization of the absolute spatio-temporal intensity distribution of a relativistic, femtosecond laser pulse". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42683-z. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1581344.
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title = {Temporally Resolved Intensity Contouring (TRIC) for characterization of the absolute spatio-temporal intensity distribution of a relativistic, femtosecond laser pulse},
author = {Haffa, Daniel and Bin, Jianhui and Speicher, Martin and Allinger, Klaus and Hartmann, Jens and Kreuzer, Christian and Ridente, Enrico and Ostermayr, Tobias M. and Schreiber, Jörg},
abstractNote = {Today's high-power laser systems are capable of reaching photon intensities up to 1022 W cm-2, generating plasmas when interacting with material. The high intensity and ultrashort laser pulse duration (fs) make direct observation of plasma dynamics a challenging task. In the field of laser-plasma physics and especially for the acceleration of ions, the spatio-temporal intensity distribution is one of the most critical aspects. We describe a novel method based on a single-shot (i.e. single laser pulse) chirped probing scheme, taking nine sequential frames at frame rates up to THz. This technique, to which we refer as temporally resolved intensity contouring (TRIC) enables single-shot measurement of laser-plasma dynamics. Using TRIC, we demonstrate the reconstruction of the complete spatio-temporal intensity distribution of a high-power laser pulse in the focal plane at full pulse energy with sub-picosecond resolution.},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-019-42683-z},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = 1,
volume = 9,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed May 22 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Wed May 22 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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