Self-Compression of Multi-Millijoule Short Pulse Lasers in Plasma

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Abstract

Compressor after compression schemes enable laser pulses to both decrease in duration and increase in intensity through spectral broadening, with applications in laser ion acceleration and laser wakefield acceleration3. Using a thin plasma as the broadening medium, we demonstrate pulse compression of a high repetition rate, multi-millijoule laser system. We show that the compressed pulse maintains the focusability of the original pulse with minimal energy losses. PIC simulations show the impact of the density profile and numerical aperture on the spectral broadening.

*This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under Grant No. DE-SC0023504. This work was supported by the NSF under DMR-1548924 and PHY-1753165.

Presenters

  • Christopher Gardner

    • University of California, Irvine

Authors

  • Christopher Gardner

    • University of California, Irvine

  • Hunter Allison

    • University of California, Irvine

  • Victor Flores

    • University of California Irvine

  • Danny Attiyah

    • University of California, Irvine

  • Franklin J Dollar

    • University of California, Irvine