On-target temporal characterization of optical pulses at relativistic intensity

Vyacheslav E. Leshchenko; Alexander Kessel; Olga Jahn; Mathias Krüger; Andreas Münzer; Sergei A. Trushin; Laszlo Veisz; Zsuzsanna Major; Stefan Karsch

doi:10.1038/s41377-019-0207-1

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On-target temporal characterization of optical pulses at relativistic intensity

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- On-target temporal characterization of optical pulses at relativistic intensity
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 8, Issue 5, Pages: 912-920(2019)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 85748 Garching, Germany
  2.Department für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
  3.Department of Physics, Umeå University, Umeå SE-901 87, Sweden
  4.Present address: Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
  5.Present address: GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstraße 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
  6.Present address: Helmholtz-Institut Jena, Fröbelstieg 3, 07743 Jena, Germany
- Author bio：
  
  Vyacheslav E. Leshchenko (leschenkoslava@gmail.com)
  Stefan Karsch (stefan.karsch@mpq.mpg.de)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-019-0207-1
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- Published：2019，
  
  Published Online：23 October 2019，
  
  Received：13 February 2019，
  
  Revised：19 September 2019，
  
  Accepted：02 October 2019
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Leshchenko, V. E. et al. On-target temporal characterization of optical pulses at relativistic intensity. Light: Science & Applications, 8, 912-920 (2019).
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Leshchenko, V. E. et al. On-target temporal characterization of optical pulses at relativistic intensity. Light: Science & Applications, 8, 912-920 (2019). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-019-0207-1.

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Abstract

High-field experiments are very sensitive to the exact value of the peak intensity of an optical pulse due to the nonlinearity of the underlying processes. Therefore

precise knowledge of the pulse intensity

which is mainly limited by the accuracy of the temporal characterization

is a key prerequisite for the correct interpretation of experimental data. While the detection of energy and spatial profile is well established

the unambiguous temporal characterization of intense optical pulses

another important parameter required for intensity evaluation

remains a challenge

especially at relativistic intensities and a few-cycle pulse duration. Here

we report on the progress in the temporal characterization of intense laser pulses and present the relativistic surface second harmonic generation dispersion scan (RSSHG-D-scan)—a new approach allowing direct on-target temporal characterization of high-energy

few-cycle optical pulses at relativistic intensity.

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