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Title: Few-cycle optical probe-pulse for investigation of relativistic laser-plasma interactions

Abstract

The development of a few-cycle optical probe-pulse for the investigation of laser-plasma interactions driven by a Ti:sapphire, 30 Terawatt (TW) laser system is described. The probe is seeded by a fraction of the driving laser's energy and is spectrally broadened via self-phase modulation in a hollow core fiber filled with a rare gas, then temporally compressed to a few optical cycles via chirped mirrors. Shadowgrams of the laser-driven plasma wave created in relativistic electron acceleration experiments are presented with few-fs temporal resolution, which is shown to be independent of post-interaction spectral filtering of the probe-beam.

Authors:
; ; ; ; ; ;  [1]; ; ;  [1];  [2]
  1. Insitut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena (Germany)
  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Straße 1, 85748 Garching (Germany)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22217797
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 103; Journal Issue: 19; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; BEAMS; LASERS; PLASMA ACCELERATION; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA WAVES; PROBES; PULSES; RELATIVISTIC PLASMA; RELATIVISTIC RANGE

Citation Formats

Schwab, M. B., Sävert, A., Polz, J., Schnell, M., Rinck, T., Möller, M., Hansinger, P., Jäckel, O., Paulus, G. G., Kaluza, M. C., Helmholtz-Institut Jena, Fröbelstieg 3, 07743 Jena, and Veisz, L. Few-cycle optical probe-pulse for investigation of relativistic laser-plasma interactions. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4829489.
Schwab, M. B., Sävert, A., Polz, J., Schnell, M., Rinck, T., Möller, M., Hansinger, P., Jäckel, O., Paulus, G. G., Kaluza, M. C., Helmholtz-Institut Jena, Fröbelstieg 3, 07743 Jena, & Veisz, L. Few-cycle optical probe-pulse for investigation of relativistic laser-plasma interactions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4829489
Schwab, M. B., Sävert, A., Polz, J., Schnell, M., Rinck, T., Möller, M., Hansinger, P., Jäckel, O., Paulus, G. G., Kaluza, M. C., Helmholtz-Institut Jena, Fröbelstieg 3, 07743 Jena, and Veisz, L. 2013. "Few-cycle optical probe-pulse for investigation of relativistic laser-plasma interactions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4829489.
@article{osti_22217797,
title = {Few-cycle optical probe-pulse for investigation of relativistic laser-plasma interactions},
author = {Schwab, M. B. and Sävert, A. and Polz, J. and Schnell, M. and Rinck, T. and Möller, M. and Hansinger, P. and Jäckel, O. and Paulus, G. G. and Kaluza, M. C. and Helmholtz-Institut Jena, Fröbelstieg 3, 07743 Jena and Veisz, L.},
abstractNote = {The development of a few-cycle optical probe-pulse for the investigation of laser-plasma interactions driven by a Ti:sapphire, 30 Terawatt (TW) laser system is described. The probe is seeded by a fraction of the driving laser's energy and is spectrally broadened via self-phase modulation in a hollow core fiber filled with a rare gas, then temporally compressed to a few optical cycles via chirped mirrors. Shadowgrams of the laser-driven plasma wave created in relativistic electron acceleration experiments are presented with few-fs temporal resolution, which is shown to be independent of post-interaction spectral filtering of the probe-beam.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4829489},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22217797}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 19,
volume = 103,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 04 00:00:00 EST 2013},
month = {Mon Nov 04 00:00:00 EST 2013}
}