TY - JOUR
T1 - Relativistic-intensity near-single-cycle light waveforms at kHz repetition rate
AU - Ouillé, Marie
AU - Vernier, Aline
AU - Böhle, Frederik
AU - Bocoum, Maïmouna
AU - Jullien, Aurélie
AU - Lozano, Magali
AU - Rousseau, Jean Philippe
AU - Cheng, Zhao
AU - Gustas, Dominykas
AU - Blumenstein, Andreas
AU - Simon, Peter
AU - Haessler, Stefan
AU - Faure, Jérôme
AU - Nagy, Tamas
AU - Lopez-Martens, Rodrigo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, The Author(s).
PY - 2020/12/1
Y1 - 2020/12/1
N2 - The development of ultra-intense and ultra-short light sources is currently a subject of intense research driven by the discovery of novel phenomena in the realm of relativistic optics, such as the production of ultrafast energetic particle and radiation beams for applications. It has been a long-standing challenge to unite two hitherto distinct classes of light sources: those achieving relativistic intensity and those with pulse durations approaching a single light cycle. While the former class traditionally involves large-scale amplification chains, the latter class places high demand on the spatiotemporal control of the electromagnetic laser field. Here, we present a light source producing waveform-controlled 1.5-cycle pulses with a 719 nm central wavelength that can be focused to relativistic intensity at a 1 kHz repetition rate based on nonlinear post-compression in a long hollow-core fiber. The unique capabilities of this source allow us to observe the first experimental indications of light waveform effects in laser wakefield acceleration of relativistic energy electrons.
AB - The development of ultra-intense and ultra-short light sources is currently a subject of intense research driven by the discovery of novel phenomena in the realm of relativistic optics, such as the production of ultrafast energetic particle and radiation beams for applications. It has been a long-standing challenge to unite two hitherto distinct classes of light sources: those achieving relativistic intensity and those with pulse durations approaching a single light cycle. While the former class traditionally involves large-scale amplification chains, the latter class places high demand on the spatiotemporal control of the electromagnetic laser field. Here, we present a light source producing waveform-controlled 1.5-cycle pulses with a 719 nm central wavelength that can be focused to relativistic intensity at a 1 kHz repetition rate based on nonlinear post-compression in a long hollow-core fiber. The unique capabilities of this source allow us to observe the first experimental indications of light waveform effects in laser wakefield acceleration of relativistic energy electrons.
U2 - 10.1038/s41377-020-0280-5
DO - 10.1038/s41377-020-0280-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85082537072
SN - 2095-5545
VL - 9
JO - Light: Science and Applications
JF - Light: Science and Applications
IS - 1
M1 - 47
ER -