Beam distortion effects upon focusing an ultrashort petawatt laser pulse to greater than 10 22 W/cm 2

Tiwari, G.; Gaul, E.; Martinez, M.; Dyer, G.; Gordon, J.; Spinks, M.; Toncian, T.; Bowers, B.; Jiao, X.; Kupfer, R.; Lisi, L.; McCary, E.; Roycroft, R.; Yandow, A.; Glenn, G. D.; Donovan, M.; Ditmire, T.; Hegelich, B. M.

doi:10.1364/ol.44.002764

Title: Beam distortion effects upon focusing an ultrashort petawatt laser pulse to greater than 10 ²² W/cm ²

Abstract

When an ultrashort laser pulse is tightly focused to a size approaching its central wavelength, the properties of the focused spot diverge from the diffraction-limited case. Here, we report on this change in behavior of a tightly focused petawatt-class laser beam by an $f/1$ off-axis parabolic mirror (OAPM). Considering the effects of residual aberration, the spatial profile of the near-field, and pointing error, we estimate the deviation in peak intensities of the focused spot from the ideal case. Here, we verify that the estimated peak intensity values are within an acceptable error range of the measured values. With the added uncertainties in target alignment, we extend the estimation to infer on-target peak intensities of ≥10²² W/cm² for a target at the focal plane of this $f/1$ OAPM.

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^[1]; Gaul, E. ^[2]; Martinez, M. ^[3]; Dyer, G. ^[3]; Gordon, J. ^[1]; Spinks, M. ^[1]; Toncian, T. ^[4]; Bowers, B. ^[1]; Jiao, X. ^[1]; Kupfer, R. ^[1]; Lisi, L. ^[1]; McCary, E. ^[1]; Roycroft, R.; Yandow, A. ^[1];

^[1]; Donovan, M. ^[1]; Ditmire, T. ^[2];

^[5]

Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States); National Energetics, Austin, TX (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden (Germany)
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States); Center for Relativistic Laser Science, Inst. for Basic Science, Gwangju (South Korea)

Publication Date:: Fri May 24 00:00:00 EDT 2019

Research Org.:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1532478

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1515608

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; FA9550-14-1-0045; FA9550-17-1-0264; 12-63-PULSEFP014; NA0002008

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Optics Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 44; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 0146-9592

Publisher:: Optical Society of America (OSA)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

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                    Tiwari, G., Gaul, E., Martinez, M., Dyer, G., Gordon, J., Spinks, M., Toncian, T., Bowers, B., Jiao, X., Kupfer, R., Lisi, L., McCary, E., Roycroft, R., Yandow, A., Glenn, G. D., Donovan, M., Ditmire, T., and Hegelich, B. M. Beam distortion effects upon focusing an ultrashort petawatt laser pulse to greater than 10 22 W/cm 2.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Tiwari, G., Gaul, E., Martinez, M., Dyer, G., Gordon, J., Spinks, M., Toncian, T., Bowers, B., Jiao, X., Kupfer, R., Lisi, L., McCary, E., Roycroft, R., Yandow, A., Glenn, G. D., Donovan, M., Ditmire, T., & Hegelich, B. M. Beam distortion effects upon focusing an ultrashort petawatt laser pulse to greater than 10 22 W/cm 2.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.44.002764

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                    Tiwari, G., Gaul, E., Martinez, M., Dyer, G., Gordon, J., Spinks, M., Toncian, T., Bowers, B., Jiao, X., Kupfer, R., Lisi, L., McCary, E., Roycroft, R., Yandow, A., Glenn, G. D., Donovan, M., Ditmire, T., and Hegelich, B. M. Fri .  
"Beam distortion effects upon focusing an ultrashort petawatt laser pulse to greater than 10 22 W/cm 2".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.44.002764.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1532478.

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  title        = {Beam distortion effects upon focusing an ultrashort petawatt laser pulse to greater than 10 22 W/cm 2},

  author       = {Tiwari, G. and Gaul, E. and Martinez, M. and Dyer, G. and Gordon, J. and Spinks, M. and Toncian, T. and Bowers, B. and Jiao, X. and Kupfer, R. and Lisi, L. and McCary, E. and Roycroft, R. and Yandow, A. and Glenn, G. D. and Donovan, M. and Ditmire, T. and Hegelich, B. M.},

  abstractNote = {When an ultrashort laser pulse is tightly focused to a size approaching its central wavelength, the properties of the focused spot diverge from the diffraction-limited case. Here, we report on this change in behavior of a tightly focused petawatt-class laser beam by an $f/1$ off-axis parabolic mirror (OAPM). Considering the effects of residual aberration, the spatial profile of the near-field, and pointing error, we estimate the deviation in peak intensities of the focused spot from the ideal case. Here, we verify that the estimated peak intensity values are within an acceptable error range of the measured values. With the added uncertainties in target alignment, we extend the estimation to infer on-target peak intensities of ≥1022 W/cm2 for a target at the focal plane of this $f/1$ OAPM.},

  doi          = {10.1364/ol.44.002764},

  journal      = {Optics Letters},

  number       = 11,

  volume       = 44,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri May 24 00:00:00 EDT 2019},

  month        = {Fri May 24 00:00:00 EDT 2019}

}

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