Compression of TW class laser pulses in a planar hollow waveguide for applications in strong-field physics

Jarnac, Amélie; Brizuela, F.; Heyl, Christoph M.; Rudawski, Piotr; Campi, Filippo; Kim, Byung–Hoon; Rading, Linnea; Johnsson, Per; Mysyrowicz, A.; L’Huillier, Anne; Houard, Aurélien; Arnold, Cord L.

doi:10.1140/epjd/e2014-50558-7

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“…A. Mysyrowicz's group advanced the technology to reach about 10 mJ pulse energy at a duration of 10-12 fs [160][161][162]. Later, C. Arnold's group reached the terawatt level at sub-15 fs duration [163], but since then this method has not found further applications. The main obstacle of this technique is connected to the incomplete wave-guiding properties of the arrangement as there is no guiding parallel to the plates.…”

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High-energy few-cycle pulses: post-compression techniques

Nagy

Simon

Veisz

2020

Advances in Physics: X

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Contemporary ultrafast science requires reliable sources of high-energy few-cycle light pulses. Currently two methods are capable of generating such pulses: post compression of short laser pulses and optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (OPCPA). Here we give a comprehensive overview on the post-compression technology based on optical Kerr-effect or ionization, with particular emphasis on energy and power scaling. Relevant types of post compression techniques are discussed including free propagation in bulk materials, multiple-plate continuum generation, multi-pass cells, filaments, photonic-crystal fibers, hollow-core fibers and self-compression techniques. We provide a short theoretical overview of the physics as well as an in-depth description of existing experimental realizations of post compression, especially those that can provide few-cycle pulse duration with mJ-scale pulse energy. The achieved experimental performances of these methods are compared in terms of important figures of merit such as pulse energy, pulse duration, peak power and average power. We give some perspectives at the end to emphasize the expected future trends of this technology.

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Section: Techniques For Further Scalingmentioning

confidence: 99%

High-energy few-cycle pulses: post-compression techniques

Nagy

Simon

Veisz

2020

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“…The latter method relies on nonlinear spectral broadening and either simultaneous or subsequent temporal compression. Various spectral broadening methods have been commonly used including nonlinear propagation within a single [4] or multiple plates [5], within solid-core [6] and photonic crystal fibers [7], hollow-core capillaries (HCCs) [8], filaments [9] or slab waveguides [10]. Recently, a new method based on nonlinear spectral broadening within multi-pass cells (MPC) was introduced [11,12].…”

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High-energy bow tie multi-pass cells for nonlinear spectral broadening applications

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Multi-pass cells have emerged as very attractive tools for spectral broadening and post-compression applications. We discuss pulse energy limitations of standard multi-pass cells considering basic geometrical scaling principles and introduce a novel energy scaling method using a multi-pass cell arranged in a bow tie geometry. Employing nonlinear pulse propagation simulations, we numerically demonstrate the compression of 125mJ, 1 ps pulses to 50 fs using a compact 2 m long setup and outline routes to extend our approach into the Joule-regime.

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Post-compression of femtosecond laser pulses using self-phase modulation: from kilowatts to petawatts in 40 years

Хазанов¹

2022

Quantum Electron.

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The pulse duration at the output of femtosecond lasers is usually close to the Fourier limit, and can be shortened by increasing the spectral width. To this end, use is made of selfphase modulation when a pulse propagates in a medium with cubic nonlinearity. Then, the pulse with a chirp (frequency dependence of the spectrum phase) is compressed due to a linear dispersion element, which introduces a chirp of the same modulus, but opposite in sign. This pulse post-compression, known since the 1960s, has been widely used and is being developed up to the present for pulses with energies from fractions of a nJ to tens of J. The review is devoted to the theoretical foundations of this method, problems of energy scaling, and a discussion of the results of more than 150 experimental studies.

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Compression of TW class laser pulses in a planar hollow waveguide for applications in strong-field physics

Cited by 5 publications

References 32 publications

High-energy few-cycle pulses: post-compression techniques

High-energy few-cycle pulses: post-compression techniques

High-energy bow tie multi-pass cells for nonlinear spectral broadening applications

Post-compression of femtosecond laser pulses using self-phase modulation: from kilowatts to petawatts in 40 years

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