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Hu J, Wang X, Yang X, Bai P, Wu F, Zhang Z, Chen H, Yang X, Qian J, Gui J, Li Y, Liu Y, Lu X, Xu Y, Leng Y. Performance improvement of a nonlinear temporal filter by using cascaded femtosecond optical parametric amplification. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:37443-37452. [PMID: 34808815 DOI: 10.1364/oe.440959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this paper, we report that the conversion efficiency and spectrum of femtosecond optical parametric amplification (fs-OPA) can be significantly enhanced by employing a compact cascaded femtosecond OPA (CF-OPA) scheme with the self-compensation of the temporal walk-off between two nonlinear gain media. Correspondingly, the gain related temporal contrast can also be improved. The feasibility of the CF-OPA method using three cascaded BBO crystals is numerically and experimentally analyzed. Moreover, by replacing the conventional fs-OPA with the CF-OPA and optimizing the design, the performance of a nonlinear temporal filter combining cross-polarized wave generation and fs-OPA is comprehensively improved. The experimental results demonstrate the superiority of the CF-OPA scheme, which can generate high-performance cleaned pulses at 1 kHz repetition rate with energy of 340μJ, energy fluctuation below 0.9% (RMS), spectral width of 97 nm (FWHM), Fourier-transform-limited pulse width of 12 fs and temporal contrast better than 10-12. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported temporal walk-off self-compensated quasi-collinear CF-OPA geometry adopting three cascaded BBO crystals, which can be easily generalized to other wavelengths or nonlinear crystals. The above nonlinear temporal filter with a CF-OPA scheme has the rarest comprehensive parameters, which can provide excellent seed pulses for PW and 10 PW class femtosecond laser systems.
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Wu F, Wang C, Hu J, Zhang Z, Yang X, Liu X, Liu Y, Ji P, Bai P, Qian J, Gui J, Xu Y, Leng Y. A novel design of double chirped pulse amplification laser systems for fourth-order dispersion control. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:31743-31753. [PMID: 33115140 DOI: 10.1364/oe.404506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A novel design of double chirped pulse amplification laser systems implementing a combination of negatively and positively chirped pulse amplification is proposed for the first time. Without utilizing any extra dispersion compensation element, this design can sufficiently cancel out the second-, third- and especially fourth-order dispersion simultaneously, just by optimizing the parameters of the stretcher and compressor in first chirped pulse amplification stage which applies negatively chirped pulse amplification. The numerical results indicate that near Fourier-transform-limited pulse duration about 20fs can be achieved in high-peak-power femtosecond laser systems up to multi-Petawatt level. This design not only provides a feasible solution for the dispersion control in high-contrast and high-peak-power femtosecond laser systems, but also can avoid the degradation of temporal contrast induced by seed energy loss in the presence of additional dispersion compensation components.
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Shen X, Wang P, Zhu J, Si Z, Zhao Y, Liu J, Li R. Temporal contrast reduction techniques for high dynamic-range temporal contrast measurement. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:10586-10601. [PMID: 31052915 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.010586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A single-shot characterization of the temporal contrast of a petawatt laser pulse with a high dynamic-range, is important not only for improving conditions of the petawatt laser facility itself, but also for various high-intensity laser physics experiments, which is still a difficult problem. In this study, a new idea for improving the dynamic-range of a single-shot temporal contrast measurement using novel temporal contrast reduction techniques is proposed. The proof-of-principle experiments applying single stage of pulse stretching, anti-saturated absorption, or optical Kerr effect successfully reduce the temporal contrast by approximately one order of magnitude. Combining with the SRSI-ETE method, its dynamic-range characterization capability is improved by approximately one order of magnitude to approximately 109. It is expected that a higher dynamic-range temporal contrast can be characterized by using cascaded temporal contrast reduction processes. The proposed techniques can also be used in the delay-scanning temporal contrast measurement to improve its dynamic range.
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Lee HW, Kim YG, Yoo JY, Yoon JW, Yang JM, Lim H, Nam CH, Sung JH, Lee SK. Spectral shaping of an OPCPA preamplifier for a sub-20-fs multi-PW laser. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:24775-24783. [PMID: 30469589 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.024775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Accepted: 08/31/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We developed an OPCPA preamplifier with an actively shaped output spectrum to obtain a sub-20-fs-duration pulse for a 4-PW laser. The active spectral shaping was facilitated by controlling the temporal profile of a pump pulse in the OPCPA preamplifier. By optimizing the output spectrum of the OPCPA to compensate for the gain-depletion effect in the 4-PW laser, a final laser pulse with a broad spectrum of 101-nm in width (FWHM), resulting in a short pulse duration of 17 fs, was achieved.
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Yu L, Xu Y, Liu Y, Li Y, Li S, Liu Z, Li W, Wu F, Yang X, Yang Y, Wang C, Lu X, Leng Y, Li R, Xu Z. High-contrast front end based on cascaded XPWG and femtosecond OPA for 10-PW-level Ti:sapphire laser. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:2625-2633. [PMID: 29401799 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.002625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2017] [Accepted: 01/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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By combining cross-polarized wave generation and femtosecond optical parametric amplification, a high-contrast front end featuring ultrahigh contrast, a broadband spectrum, an excellent beam profile, and good stability is built for a 10-PW-level Ti:sapphire laser in the Shanghai Superintense Ultrafast Laser Facility (SULF-10PW laser). The front end can deliver a cleaned pulse with a 110 μJ energy at 1 kHz, and the bandwidth of the cleaned pulse exceeds 60 nm (FWHM), which can support a 17 fs compressed pulse duration. The measured output energy fluctuation in one hour is <1.8% in rms value. The measurement-limited contrast is 10-10 at 3 ps before the main pulse. Utilizing the high-contrast front end, single-shot contrast at 10-10 level has been demonstrated in the SULF-10PW laser at a 24 fs pulse duration.
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Sung JH, Lee HW, Yoo JY, Yoon JW, Lee CW, Yang JM, Son YJ, Jang YH, Lee SK, Nam CH. 4.2 PW, 20 fs Ti:sapphire laser at 0.1 Hz. OPTICS LETTERS 2017; 42:2058-2061. [PMID: 28569844 DOI: 10.1364/ol.42.002058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We demonstrated the generation of 4.2 PW laser pulses at 0.1 Hz from a chirped-pulse amplification Ti:sapphire laser. The cross-polarized wave generation and the optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification stages were installed for the prevention of the gain narrowing and for the compensation of the spectral narrowing in the amplifiers, obtaining the spectral width of amplified laser pulses of 84 nm (FWHM), and enhancing the temporal contrast. The amplified laser pulses of 112 J after the final booster amplifier were compressed to the pulses with 83 J at 19.4 fs with a shot-to-shot energy stability of 1.5% (RMS). This 4.2 PW laser will be a workhorse for exploring high field science.
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Liu X, Xu L, Liang X. Output features of optical parametric chirped pulse amplification in LiB 3O 5 near 800 nm at different phase-matching geometries. OPTICS LETTERS 2016; 41:5809-5812. [PMID: 27973508 DOI: 10.1364/ol.41.005809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We theoretically and experimentally investigated the output beam quality and wavefront distortion in four different phase-matching geometries in LBO-OPCPA at 800 nm: broadband noncollinear geometry, collinear geometry, pump-idler the Poynting vector collinear (Sp∥Si) geometry, and pump-signal Poynting vector collinear (Sp∥Ss) geometry. It was found that the output profile is closely related to the noncollinear angle between Poynting vectors of parametric waves. However, the wavefront evolution depends mainly on the angles between the wave vectors. Broadband noncollinear geometry has the largest spatial modulation and wavefront distortion. Good output beam quality can be achieved in collinear geometry with little wavefront distortion, but the bandwidth is only approximately 10 nm. The Sp∥Ss and Sp∥Si configurations result in a bandwidth of more than 20 nm with enhanced beam quality and small wavefront distortion. The two geometries have different output features wherein the former has a relatively lower modulation, and the latter shows smaller wavefront distortion.
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Khodakovskiy N, Kalashnikov M, Gontier E, Falcoz F, Paul PM. Degradation of picosecond temporal contrast of Ti:sapphire lasers with coherent pedestals. OPTICS LETTERS 2016; 41:4441-4444. [PMID: 27749850 DOI: 10.1364/ol.41.004441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Recompressed pulses from Ti:sapphire chirped-pulse lasers are accompanied by a slowly decaying post-pulse pedestal that is coherent with the main pulse. The pedestal typically consists of numerous pulses with temporal separation in the picosecond range. The source of this artifact lies in the Ti:sapphire active medium itself, both in the Kerr-lens mode-locked oscillator and in subsequent amplifiers. In the presence of substantial self-phase modulation, after recompression the post-pedestal generates a mirror-symmetric pre-pulse pedestal. This pedestal severely degrades the leading edge of the output pulse. This degradation is far more limiting than the original post-pedestal and severely lowers the achievable temporal contrast.
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Oks E, Dalimier E, Faenov A, Pikuz T, Fukuda Y, Andreev A, Koga J, Sakaki H, Kotaki H, Pirozhkov A, Hayashi Y, Skobelev I, Pikuz S, Kawachi T, Kando M, Kondo K, Zhidkov A, Kodama R. Revealing the second harmonic generation in a femtosecond laser-driven cluster-based plasma by analyzing shapes of Ar XVII spectral lines. OPTICS EXPRESS 2015; 23:31991-32005. [PMID: 26698990 DOI: 10.1364/oe.23.031991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We present experiments dealing with a femtosecond laser-driven cluster-based plasma, where by analyzing the nonlinear phenomenon of satellites of spectral lines of Ar XVII, we revealed the nonlinear phenomenon of the generation of the second harmonic of the laser frequency. For performing this analysis we developed new results in the theory of satellites of spectral lines. From such lineshape analysis we found, in particular, that the efficiency of converting the short (40 fs) intense (3x10¹⁸ W/cm²) incident laser light into the second harmonic was 2%. This result is in the excellent agreement with the 2-Dimensional Particle-In-Cell (2D PIC) simulation that we also performed. There is also an order of magnitude agreement between the thresholds for the SHG found from the line shape analysis and from the 2D PIC simulations.
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Faenov AY, Colgan J, Hansen SB, Zhidkov A, Pikuz TA, Nishiuchi M, Pikuz SA, Skobelev IY, Abdallah J, Sakaki H, Sagisaka A, Pirozhkov AS, Ogura K, Fukuda Y, Kanasaki M, Hasegawa N, Nishikino M, Kando M, Watanabe Y, Kawachi T, Masuda S, Hosokai T, Kodama R, Kondo K. Nonlinear increase of X-ray intensities from thin foils irradiated with a 200 TW femtosecond laser. Sci Rep 2015; 5:13436. [PMID: 26330230 PMCID: PMC4557088 DOI: 10.1038/srep13436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2015] [Accepted: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We report, for the first time, that the energy of femtosecond optical laser pulses, E, with relativistic intensities I > 10(21) W/cm(2) is efficiently converted to X-ray radiation, which is emitted by "hot" electron component in collision-less processes and heats the solid density plasma periphery. As shown by direct high-resolution spectroscopic measurements X-ray radiation from plasma periphery exhibits unusual non-linear growth ~E(4-5) of its power. The non-linear power growth occurs far earlier than the known regime when the radiation reaction dominates particle motion (RDR). Nevertheless, the radiation is shown to dominate the kinetics of the plasma periphery, changing in this regime (now labeled RDKR) the physical picture of the laser plasma interaction. Although in the experiments reported here we demonstrated by observation of KK hollow ions that X-ray intensities in the keV range exceeds ~10(17) W/cm(2), there is no theoretical limit of the radiation power. Therefore, such powerful X-ray sources can produce and probe exotic material states with high densities and multiple inner-shell electron excitations even for higher Z elements. Femtosecond laser-produced plasmas may thus provide unique ultra-bright X-ray sources, for future studies of matter in extreme conditions, material science studies, and radiography of biological systems.
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- A Ya Faenov
- Institute for Academic Initiatives, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.,Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 125412, Russia
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- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87123, USA
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- PPC and Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 125412, Russia.,PPC and Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 125412, Russia.,National Research Nuclear University (MEPhI), Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 125412, Russia.,National Research Nuclear University (MEPhI), Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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- Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan
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- Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- PPC and Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- PPC and Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Institute for Academic Initiatives, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.,PPC and Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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Liu XL, Lu X, Ma JL, Du ZG, He Y, Li YT, Chen LM, Zhang J. Note: Pre-pulse characterization of femtosecond laser pulse by filamentation in transparent media. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2014; 85:126103. [PMID: 25554339 DOI: 10.1063/1.4903853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A new method and associating system has been presented to characterize pre-pulses of femtosecond laser using laser filamentation in transparent media. Pre-pluses of the laser system has been measured experimentally and it is in good agreement with the results obtained by third order cross-correlator. This method can be used for fast detection of temporal laser intensity relatively in order to avoid formation of pre-plasmas before laser matter interaction experiments.
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- Academy of Opto-electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Academy of Opto-electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
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- Academy of Opto-electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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Nishiuchi M, Sakaki H, Maeda S, Sagisaka A, Pirozhkov AS, Pikuz T, Faenov A, Ogura K, Kanasaki M, Matsukawa K, Kusumoto T, Tao A, Fukami T, Esirkepov T, Koga J, Kiriyama H, Okada H, Shimomura T, Tanoue M, Nakai Y, Fukuda Y, Sakai S, Tamura J, Nishio K, Sako H, Kando M, Yamauchi T, Watanabe Y, Bulanov SV, Kondo K. Multi-charged heavy ion acceleration from the ultra-intense short pulse laser system interacting with the metal target. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2014; 85:02B904. [PMID: 24593609 DOI: 10.1063/1.4827111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Experimental demonstration of multi-charged heavy ion acceleration from the interaction between the ultra-intense short pulse laser system and the metal target is presented. Al ions are accelerated up to 12 MeV/u (324 MeV total energy). To our knowledge, this is far the highest energy ever reported for the case of acceleration of the heavy ions produced by the <10 J laser energy of 200 TW class Ti:sapphire laser system. Adding to that, thanks to the extraordinary high intensity laser field of ∼10(21) W cm(-2), the accelerated ions are almost fully stripped, having high charge to mass ratio (Q/M).
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- M Nishiuchi
- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaragi, Japan
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- J-PARC Center, Tokai, Ibaragi, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaragi, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaragi, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Maritime Science, Kobe University, 5-1-1 Fukaeminami-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-0022, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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Ultra-Intense, High Spatio-Temporal Quality Petawatt-Class Laser System and Applications. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2013. [DOI: 10.3390/app3010214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Fukuda Y, Sakaki H, Kanasaki M, Yogo A, Jinno S, Tampo M, Faenov A, Pikuz T, Hayashi Y, Kando M, Pirozhkov A, Shimomura T, Kiriyama H, Kurashima S, Kamiya T, Oda K, Yamauchi T, Kondo K, Bulanov S. Identification of high energy ions using backscattered particles in laser-driven ion acceleration with cluster-gas targets. RADIAT MEAS 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2012.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Zhang W, Teng H, Wang Z, Shen Z, Wei Z. Efficient amplification of a femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser with a ring regenerative amplifier. APPLIED OPTICS 2013; 52:1517-1522. [PMID: 23458807 DOI: 10.1364/ao.52.001517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2012] [Accepted: 02/03/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A high-stability and high-efficiency ring Ti:sapphire regenerative amplifier is demonstrated based on a double-gating pulse picker at a repetition rate of 1 kHz. Pulse energy up to 5.7 mJ is obtained using a pump energy of 20.0 mJ at 527 nm, corresponding to a relatively high slope efficiency of 30.3%. After a grating compressor, the laser pulse is compressed to 37.2 fs with an energy of 4.1 mJ. The beam quality factors M(2) are 1.4 and 1.3 in tangential and sagittal directions, respectively. The measured root mean square energy stability is better than 0.31% over an 11 h period.
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- Wei Zhang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Zhang Z, Nishimura H, Nishikino M, Sunahara A, Johzaki T, Cai H, Kawachi T, Pirozhkov A, Sagisaka A, Orimo S, Ogura K, Yogo A, Okano Y, Ohshima S, Fujioka S, Kiriyama H, Kondo K, Shimomura T, Kanazawa S. Efficient multi-keV X-ray generation from high-contrast laser plasma interaction. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2013. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20135918003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Nishimura H, Zhang Z, Namimoto T, Fujioka S, Koga M, Shiraga H, Ozaki T, Iwawaki T, Morioka T, Morita K, Habara H, Tanaka K, Nishikino M, Kawachi T, Sagisaka A, Orimo S, Pirozhkov A, Ogura K, Yogo A, Kiriyama H, Kondo K, Shimomura T, Kanazawa S, Okano Y, Azechi H. Absolute Kα line spectroscopy for cone-guided fast-ignition targets. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2013. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20135913008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ogura K, Nishiuchi M, Pirozhkov AS, Tanimoto T, Sagisaka A, Esirkepov TZ, Kando M, Shizuma T, Hayakawa T, Kiriyama H, Shimomura T, Kondo S, Kanazawa S, Nakai Y, Sasao H, Sasao F, Fukuda Y, Sakaki H, Kanasaki M, Yogo A, Bulanov SV, Bolton PR, Kondo K. Proton acceleration to 40 MeV using a high intensity, high contrast optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification/Ti:sapphire hybrid laser system. OPTICS LETTERS 2012; 37:2868-2870. [PMID: 22825161 DOI: 10.1364/ol.37.002868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Using a high-contrast (10(10):1) and high-intensity (10(21) W/cm(2)) laser pulse with the duration of 40 fs from an optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification/Ti:sapphire laser, a 40 MeV proton bunch is obtained, which is a record for laser pulse with energy less than 10 J. The efficiency for generation of protons with kinetic energy above 15 MeV is 0.1%.
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- Koichi Ogura
- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kansai Photon Science Institute, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan.
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Laux S, Lureau F, Radier C, Chalus O, Caradec F, Casagrande O, Pourtal E, Simon-Boisson C, Soyer F, Lebarny P. Suppression of parasitic lasing in high energy, high repetition rate Ti:sapphire laser amplifiers. OPTICS LETTERS 2012; 37:1913-1915. [PMID: 22660071 DOI: 10.1364/ol.37.001913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Transverse parasitic lasing is well known for limiting the signal gain and the pulse energy that can be extracted from Ti:sapphire petawatt amplifiers. We have developed a technique for suppressing these parasitic lasing modes based on perfect refractive index-matching liquid doped with a broad-bandwidth absorber to suppress the transverse lasing while ensuring proper heat removal from the Ti:sapphire crystal. The 800 nm laser output with a bandwidth of 41 nm (FWHM) and peak energy of 22.7 J at a repetition rate of 1 Hz is demonstrated.
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- Sebastien Laux
- THALES Optronique S.A., Laser Solutions Unit, 2 Avenue Gay-Lussac, 78995 Elancourt Cedex, France.
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Daido H, Nishiuchi M, Pirozhkov AS. Review of laser-driven ion sources and their applications. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2012; 75:056401. [PMID: 22790586 DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/75/5/056401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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For many years, laser-driven ion acceleration, mainly proton acceleration, has been proposed and a number of proof-of-principle experiments have been carried out with lasers whose pulse duration was in the nanosecond range. In the 1990s, ion acceleration in a relativistic plasma was demonstrated with ultra-short pulse lasers based on the chirped pulse amplification technique which can provide not only picosecond or femtosecond laser pulse duration, but simultaneously ultra-high peak power of terawatt to petawatt levels. Starting from the year 2000, several groups demonstrated low transverse emittance, tens of MeV proton beams with a conversion efficiency of up to several percent. The laser-accelerated particle beams have a duration of the order of a few picoseconds at the source, an ultra-high peak current and a broad energy spectrum, which make them suitable for many, including several unique, applications. This paper reviews, firstly, the historical background including the early laser-matter interaction studies on energetic ion acceleration relevant to inertial confinement fusion. Secondly, we describe several implemented and proposed mechanisms of proton and/or ion acceleration driven by ultra-short high-intensity lasers. We pay special attention to relatively simple models of several acceleration regimes. The models connect the laser, plasma and proton/ion beam parameters, predicting important features, such as energy spectral shape, optimum conditions and scalings under these conditions for maximum ion energy, conversion efficiency, etc. The models also suggest possible ways to manipulate the proton/ion beams by tailoring the target and irradiation conditions. Thirdly, we review experimental results on proton/ion acceleration, starting with the description of driving lasers. We list experimental results and show general trends of parameter dependences and compare them with the theoretical predictions and simulations. The fourth topic includes a review of scientific, industrial and medical applications of laser-driven proton or ion sources, some of which have already been established, while the others are yet to be demonstrated. In most applications, the laser-driven ion sources are complementary to the conventional accelerators, exhibiting significantly different properties. Finally, we summarize the paper.
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- Hiroyuki Daido
- Applied Laser Technology Institute, Tsuruga Head Office, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizaki, Tsuruga-shi, Fukui-ken 914-8585, Japan.
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Zhang Z, Nishimura H, Namimoto T, Fujioka S, Arikawa Y, Nishikino M, Kawachi T, Sagisaka A, Hosoda H, Orimo S, Ogura K, Pirozhkov A, Yogo A, Okano Y, Kiriyama H, Kondo K, Ohshima S, Azechi H. Quantitative measurement of hard x-ray spectra for high intensity laser produced plasma. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2012; 83:053502. [PMID: 22667617 DOI: 10.1063/1.4717677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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X-ray line spectra ranging from 17 to 77 keV were quantitatively measured with a Laue spectrometer, composed of a cylindrically curved crystal and a detector. Either a visible CCD detector coupled with a CsI phosphor screen or an imaging plate can be chosen, depending on the signal intensities and exposure times. The absolute sensitivity of the spectrometer system was calibrated using pre-characterized laser-produced x-ray sources and radioisotopes. The integrated reflectivity for the crystal is in good agreement with predictions by an open code for x-ray diffraction. The energy transfer efficiency from incident laser beams to hot electrons, as the energy transfer agency for specific x-ray line emissions, is derived as a consequence of this work.
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- Z Zhang
- Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Hayashi Y, Pirozhkov AS, Kando M, Fukuda Y, Faenov A, Kawase K, Pikuz T, Nakamura T, Kiriyama H, Okada H, Bulanov SV. Efficient generation of Xe K-shell x rays by high-contrast interaction with submicrometer clusters. OPTICS LETTERS 2011; 36:1614-1616. [PMID: 21540945 DOI: 10.1364/ol.36.001614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The interaction between a 25 TW laser and Xe clusters at a peak intensity of 1 × 10¹⁹ W/cm² has been investigated. Xe K-shell x rays, whose energies are approximately 30 keV, were clearly observed with a hard x-ray CCD at 3.4 MPa. Moreover, we studied the yield of the Xe K-shell x rays by changing the pulse duration of the laser at a constant laser energy and found that the pulse duration of 40 fs is better than that of 300 fs for generating Xe K-shell x rays.
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- Yukio Hayashi
- Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan.
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Fourmaux S, Payeur S, Buffechoux S, Lassonde P, St-Pierre C, Martin F, Kieffer JC. Pedestal cleaning for high laser pulse contrast ratio with a 100 TW class laser system. OPTICS EXPRESS 2011; 19:8486-8497. [PMID: 21643098 DOI: 10.1364/oe.19.008486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Laser matter interaction at relativistic intensities using 100 TW class laser systems or higher is becoming more and more widespread. One of the critical issues of such laser systems is to let the laser pulse interact at high intensity with the solid target and avoid any pre-plasma. Thus, a high Laser Pulse Contrast Ratio (LPCR) parameter is of prime importance. We present the LPCR characterization of a high repetition 100 TW class laser system. We demonstrate that the generated Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE) degrades the overall LPCR performance. We propose a simple way to clean the pulse after the first amplification stage by introducing a solid state saturable absorber which results in a LPCR improvement to better than 10(10) with only a 30% energy loss at a 10 Hz repetition rate. We finally correlated this cleaning method with experimental results.
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- S Fourmaux
- INRS-EMT, Université du Québec, Varennes, Québec, Canada.
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Zhang Z, Nishikino M, Nishimura H, Kawachi T, Pirozhkov AS, Sagisaka A, Orimo S, Ogura K, Yogo A, Okano Y, Ohshima S, Fujioka S, Kiriyama H, Kondo K, Shimomura T, Kanazawa S. Efficient multi-keV x-ray generation from a high-Z target irradiated with a clean ultra-short laser pulse. OPTICS EXPRESS 2011; 19:4560-4565. [PMID: 21369288 DOI: 10.1364/oe.19.004560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Kα line emissions from Mo and Ag plates were experimentally studied using clean, ultrahigh-intensity femtosecond laser pulses. The absolute yields of Kα x-rays at 17 keV from Mo and 22 keV from Ag were measured as a function of the laser pulse contrast ratio and irradiation intensity. Significantly enhanced Kα yields were obtained for both Mo and Ag by employing high contrast ratios and irradiances. Conversion efficiencies of 4.28×10⁻⁵/sr for Mo and 4.84×10⁻⁵/sr for Ag, the highest values obtained to date, were demonstrated with contrast ratios in the range 10⁻¹⁰ to 10⁻¹¹.
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- Z Zhang
- Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
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Liu J, Okamura K, Kida Y, Kobayashi T. Temporal contrast enhancement of femtosecond pulses by a self-diffraction process in a bulk Kerr medium. OPTICS EXPRESS 2010; 18:22245-22254. [PMID: 20941126 DOI: 10.1364/oe.18.022245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We demonstrated for the first time the application of a self-diffraction (SD) process in a bulk Kerr medium to improve the temporal, spectral, and spatial qualities of femtosecond laser pulses. A proof-of-principle experiment succeeded in improving the temporal contrast of a femtosecond pulse by four orders of magnitude even in the picosecond region using a 0.5-mm-thick fused silica glass plate by this technique. The energy conversion efficiency from the incident pulses to the two first-order SD signals is about 12%. By the SD process, a laser pulse with smoother spectral shape, higher beam quality, and shorter pulse duration than those of the input pulse was generated. This technique is expected to be used to design background-free petawatt laser system in the future.
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- Jun Liu
- Advanced Ultrafast Laser Research Center, University of Electro-Communications, Chofugaoka 1-5-1, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585 Japan.
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Liu C, Wang Z, Li W, Zhang Q, Han H, Teng H, Wei Z. Contrast enhancement in a Ti:sapphire chirped-pulse amplification laser system with a noncollinear femtosecond optical-parametric amplifier. OPTICS LETTERS 2010; 35:3096-3098. [PMID: 20847790 DOI: 10.1364/ol.35.003096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We experimentally demonstrated the contrast enhancement in a Ti:sapphire chirped-pulse amplification (CPA) laser with a noncollinear femtosecond optical-parametric amplifier. A total gain of 3.4 × 10(4) and pulse energy of 26 μJ were achieved. With the clean high-energy seeding pulse, the contrast ratio of the main amplified laser pulse to the amplified spontaneous emission in the Ti: sapphire CPA laser system was improved to around 10(10) within the time scale of hundreds of picoseconds.
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- Cheng Liu
- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Beijing 100190, China
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