volume 44 issue 11 pages 2764

Beam distortion effects upon focusing an ultrashort petawatt laser pulse to greater than 1022  W/cm2

G Tiwari 1
E. Gaul 1
M. Martinez 2
G. Dyer 2
J Gordon 1
M. Spinks 1
T. TONCIAN 3
B. Bowers 1
X. Jiao 1
R. Kupfer 1
L Lisi 1
E Mccary 1
R Roycroft 1
A Yandow 1
Griffin Glenn 1
M Donovan 1
T. Ditmire 1
Bjorn M. Hegelich 1
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2019-05-24
scimago Q1
wos Q2
SJR0.971
CiteScore6.5
Impact factor3.3
ISSN01469592, 15394794
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Abstract
When an ultrashort laser pulse is tightly focused to a size approaching its central wavelength, the properties of the focused spot diverge from the diffraction-limited case. Here, we report on this change in behavior of a tightly focused petawatt-class laser beam by an f/1 off-axis parabolic mirror (OAPM). Considering the effects of residual aberration, the spatial profile of the near-field, and pointing error, we estimate the deviation in peak intensities of the focused spot from the ideal case. We verify that the estimated peak intensity values are within an acceptable error range of the measured values. With the added uncertainties in target alignment, we extend the estimation to infer on-target peak intensities of ≥1022  W/cm2 for a target at the focal plane of this f/1 OAPM.
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Tiwari G. et al. Beam distortion effects upon focusing an ultrashort petawatt laser pulse to greater than 1022 W/cm2 // Optics Letters. 2019. Vol. 44. No. 11. p. 2764.
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Tiwari G., Gaul E., Martinez M., Dyer G., Gordon J., Spinks M., TONCIAN T., Bowers B., Jiao X., Kupfer R., Lisi L., Mccary E., Roycroft R., Yandow A., Glenn G., Donovan M., Ditmire T., Hegelich B. M. Beam distortion effects upon focusing an ultrashort petawatt laser pulse to greater than 1022 W/cm2 // Optics Letters. 2019. Vol. 44. No. 11. p. 2764.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1364/ol.44.002764
UR - https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.44.002764
TI - Beam distortion effects upon focusing an ultrashort petawatt laser pulse to greater than 1022 W/cm2
T2 - Optics Letters
AU - Tiwari, G
AU - Gaul, E.
AU - Martinez, M.
AU - Dyer, G.
AU - Gordon, J
AU - Spinks, M.
AU - TONCIAN, T.
AU - Bowers, B.
AU - Jiao, X.
AU - Kupfer, R.
AU - Lisi, L
AU - Mccary, E
AU - Roycroft, R
AU - Yandow, A
AU - Glenn, Griffin
AU - Donovan, M
AU - Ditmire, T.
AU - Hegelich, Bjorn M.
PY - 2019
DA - 2019/05/24
PB - Optica Publishing Group
SP - 2764
IS - 11
VL - 44
SN - 0146-9592
SN - 1539-4794
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@article{2019_Tiwari,
author = {G Tiwari and E. Gaul and M. Martinez and G. Dyer and J Gordon and M. Spinks and T. TONCIAN and B. Bowers and X. Jiao and R. Kupfer and L Lisi and E Mccary and R Roycroft and A Yandow and Griffin Glenn and M Donovan and T. Ditmire and Bjorn M. Hegelich},
title = {Beam distortion effects upon focusing an ultrashort petawatt laser pulse to greater than 1022 W/cm2},
journal = {Optics Letters},
year = {2019},
volume = {44},
publisher = {Optica Publishing Group},
month = {may},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.44.002764},
number = {11},
pages = {2764},
doi = {10.1364/ol.44.002764}
}
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Tiwari, G., et al. “Beam distortion effects upon focusing an ultrashort petawatt laser pulse to greater than 1022 W/cm2.” Optics Letters, vol. 44, no. 11, May. 2019, p. 2764. https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.44.002764.