Plasma-Mirror-Cleaned High-Contrast Few-Cycle Relativistic-Intensity Light Pulses

  • Julia M. Mikhailova
  • , Laszlo Veisz
  • , Antonin Borot
  • , Karl Schmid
  • , Christopher M.S. Sears
  • , Daniel Herrmann
  • , Raphael Tautz
  • , Alexander Buck
  • , Rainer Hoerlein
  • , Patrick Heissler
  • , George D. Tsakiris
  • , Ferenc Krausz

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Abstract

A plasma mirror is shown to enhance the intensity contrast of 8fs multiterawatt light pulses by 2.5 orders of magnitude, while keeping the pulse duration unchanged. High reflectivity and improved near-field beam quality are demonstrated.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationConference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2010
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
EventConference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2010 - San Jose, CA, United States
Duration: May 16 2010May 21 2010

Publication series

NameOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
ISSN (Electronic)2162-2701

Other

OtherConference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2010
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Jose, CA
Period5/16/105/21/10

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Instrumentation
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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