Prepulse effect on intense femtosecond laser pulse propagation in gas
Anno: 2006
Autori: Giulietti A., Tomassini P., Galimberti M., Giulietti D., Gizzi LA., Koester P., Labate L., Ceccotti T., D’Oliveira P., Auguste T., Monot P., Martin Ph.
Affiliazione autori: CNR, IPCF, Intense Laser Irradiat Lab, I-56124 Pisa, Italy;
SPAM, DRECAM, DSM, CEA, Gif Sur Yvette, France;
Univ Pisa, Dip Fis, I-56100 Pisa, Italy
Abstract: The propagation of an ultrashort laser pulse can be affected by the light reaching the medium before the pulse. This can cause a serious drawback to possible applications. The propagation in He of an intense 60-fs pulse delivered by a Ti:sapphire laser in the chirped pulse amplification (CPA) mode has been investigated in conditions of interest for laser-plasma acceleration of electrons. The effects of both nanosecond amplified spontaneous emission and picosecond pedestals have been clearly identified. There is evidence that such effects are basically of refractive nature and that they are not detrimental for the propagation of a CPA pulse focused to moderately relativistic intensity. The observations are fully consistent with numerical simulations and can contribute to the search of a stable regime for laser acceleration. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.
Giornale/Rivista: PHYSICS OF PLASMAS
Volume: 13 (9) Da Pagina: 093103-1 A: 093103-6
Parole chiavi: plasma interactions; underdense plasmas; electron-beams; ionization; atomsDOI: 10.1063/1.2351961Citazioni: 38dati da “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) aggiornati al: 2025-01-12Riferimenti tratti da Isi Web of Knowledge: (solo abbonati) Link per visualizzare la scheda su IsiWeb: Clicca quiLink per visualizzare la citazioni su IsiWeb: Clicca qui
