Direct optical measurement of the on-shot incoherent focal spot and intensity contrast on the OMEGA EP laser
Abstract
Characterizing the prepulse temporal contrast of optical pulses is required to understand their interaction with matter. Light with relatively low intensity can interact with the target before the main high-intensity pulse. Estimating the intensity contrast, instead of the spatially averaged power contrast, is important to understand intensity-dependent laser–matter interactions. A direct optical approach to determining the on-shot intensity of the incoherent pedestal on an aberrated high-intensity laser system is presented. The spatially resolved focal spot of the incoherent pedestal preceding the main coherent pulse and the intensity contrast are calculated using experimental data. Furthermore, this technique is experimentally validated on one of the chirped pulse amplification beamlines of the OMEGA EP Laser System. The intensity contrast of a 1-kJ, 10-ps laser pulse is shown to be ~10× higher than the power contrast because of the larger spatial extent of the incoherent focal spot relative to the coherent focal spot.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1255540
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0001944
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Applied Physics. B, Lasers and Optics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 122; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 0946-2171
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
Citation Formats
Dorrer, C., Consentino, A., and Irwin, D. Direct optical measurement of the on-shot incoherent focal spot and intensity contrast on the OMEGA EP laser. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1007/s00340-016-6431-y.
Dorrer, C., Consentino, A., & Irwin, D. Direct optical measurement of the on-shot incoherent focal spot and intensity contrast on the OMEGA EP laser. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-016-6431-y
Dorrer, C., Consentino, A., and Irwin, D. 2016.
"Direct optical measurement of the on-shot incoherent focal spot and intensity contrast on the OMEGA EP laser". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-016-6431-y. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1255540.
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title = {Direct optical measurement of the on-shot incoherent focal spot and intensity contrast on the OMEGA EP laser},
author = {Dorrer, C. and Consentino, A. and Irwin, D.},
abstractNote = {Characterizing the prepulse temporal contrast of optical pulses is required to understand their interaction with matter. Light with relatively low intensity can interact with the target before the main high-intensity pulse. Estimating the intensity contrast, instead of the spatially averaged power contrast, is important to understand intensity-dependent laser–matter interactions. A direct optical approach to determining the on-shot intensity of the incoherent pedestal on an aberrated high-intensity laser system is presented. The spatially resolved focal spot of the incoherent pedestal preceding the main coherent pulse and the intensity contrast are calculated using experimental data. Furthermore, this technique is experimentally validated on one of the chirped pulse amplification beamlines of the OMEGA EP Laser System. The intensity contrast of a 1-kJ, 10-ps laser pulse is shown to be ~10× higher than the power contrast because of the larger spatial extent of the incoherent focal spot relative to the coherent focal spot.},
doi = {10.1007/s00340-016-6431-y},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1255540},
journal = {Applied Physics. B, Lasers and Optics},
issn = {0946-2171},
number = 6,
volume = 122,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Wed May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
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