• DocumentCode
    2656381
  • Title

    Practical double plasma-mirror pulse cleaner for high-intensity femtosecond laser-plasma harmonics

  • Author

    Marjoribanks, R.S. ; Geindre, J.P. ; Audebert, P. ; Wittmann, T. ; Doumy, G. ; Martin, Ph. ; Perdrix, M. ; Quere, F. ; Monot, P. ; Douillet, D. ; Lefrou, T. ; Phuoc, K.T. ; Sebban, S. ; Rousseau, J.P. ; Burgy, F. ; Cross, B.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    2021
  • Abstract
    A practical double plasma-mirror built into a f=10 m telescope has been added as a standard feature of a 50 fs 3J laser system for ultraintense laser-matter interaction. Contrast >1010 is obtained, maintaining excellent focusability.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; mirrors; plasma devices; plasma light propagation; 3 J; 50 fs; double plasma mirror pulse cleaner; femtosecond laser-plasma harmonics; laser system; telescope; ultraintense laser-matter interaction; Chemical lasers; Laser beams; Mirrors; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulses; Plasmas; Pulse amplifiers; Solids; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1549362
  • Filename
    1549362