Frequency-domain interferometer for measuring the phase and amplitude of a femtosecond pulse probing a laser-produced plasma

J. P. Geindre; P. Audebert; A. Rousse; F. Falliès; J. C. Gauthier; A. Mysyrowicz; A. Dos Santos; G. Hamoniaux; A. Antonetti

doi:10.1364/OL.19.001997

Frequency-domain interferometer for measuring the phase and amplitude of a femtosecond pulse probing a laser-produced plasma

J. P. Geindre
, P. Audebert
, A. Rousse
, F. Falliès
, J. C. Gauthier
, A. Mysyrowicz
, A. Dos Santos
, G. Hamoniaux
, A. Antonetti

Laboratory d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA, CNRS-École Polytechnique

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Abstract

A frequency-domain interferometer for probing the variations of the dielectric constant of a plasma with sub-100-fs temporal resolution and λ/2000 phase resolution is described. Imaging the plasma on the entrance slit of a spectrograph provides spatial resolution along a diameter of the focal spot. The technique is used to map out the expansion of the critical density surface of a femtosecond laser-produced plasma with subnanometer spatial resolution along the laser axis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1997-1999
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	19
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.19.001997
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 1994

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Frequency-domain interferometer for measuring the phase and amplitude of a femtosecond pulse probing a laser-produced plasma

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