Compression of TW class laser pulses in a planar hollow waveguide for applications in strong-field physics

Amélie Jarnac; Fernando Brizuela; Christoph M. Heyl; Piotr Rudawski; Filippo Campi; Byunghoon Kim; Linnea Rading; Per Johnsson; André Mysyrowicz; Anne L'Huillier; Aurélien Houard; Cord L. Arnold

doi:10.1140/epjd/e2014-50558-7

Compression of TW class laser pulses in a planar hollow waveguide for applications in strong-field physics

Amélie Jarnac
, Fernando Brizuela
, Christoph M. Heyl
, Piotr Rudawski
, Filippo Campi
, Byunghoon Kim
, Linnea Rading
, Per Johnsson
, André Mysyrowicz
, Anne L'Huillier
, Aurélien Houard
, Cord L. Arnold

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We demonstrate pulse post-compression of a TW class chirped pulse amplification laser employing a gas-filled planar hollow waveguide. A waveguide throughput of 80% is achieved for 50 mJ input pulse energy. Good focusability is found and after compression with chirped mirrors a pulse duration of sub-15 fs is measured in the beam center. Whereas a total energy efficiency of ≈70% should be achievable, our post-compressor currently delivers 20 mJ output pulse energy (≈40% efficiency), mostly limited by apertures of chirped mirrors and vacuum windows. The viability of the planar hollow waveguide compression scheme for applications in strong-field physics is demonstrated by generating high-order harmonics in a pulsed Ar gas cell.

Original language	English
Article number	373
Journal	European Physical Journal D
Volume	68
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2014-50558-7
Publication status	Published - 16 Dec 2014

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