Relativistic plasma surfaces as an efficient second harmonic generator

M. J.V. Streeter; P. S. Foster; F. H. Cameron; M. Borghesi; C. Brenner; D. C. Carroll; E. Divall; N. P. Dover; B. Dromey; P. Gallegos; J. S. Green; S. Hawkes; C. J. Hooker; S. Kar; P. McKenna; S. R. Nagel; Z. Najmudin; C. A.J. Palmer; R. Prasad; K. E. Quinn; P. P. Rajeev; A. P.L. Robinson; L. Romagnani; J. Schreiber; C. Spindloe; S. Ter-Avetisyan; O. Tresca; M. Zepf; D. Neely

doi:10.1088/1367-2630/13/2/023041

Relativistic plasma surfaces as an efficient second harmonic generator

M. J.V. Streeter
, P. S. Foster
, F. H. Cameron
, M. Borghesi
, C. Brenner
, D. C. Carroll
, E. Divall
, N. P. Dover
, B. Dromey
, P. Gallegos
, J. S. Green
, S. Hawkes
, C. J. Hooker
, S. Kar
, P. McKenna
, S. R. Nagel
, Z. Najmudin
, C. A.J. Palmer
, R. Prasad
, K. E. Quinn

P. P. Rajeev, A. P.L. Robinson, L. Romagnani, J. Schreiber, C. Spindloe, S. Ter-Avetisyan, O. Tresca, M. Zepf, D. Neely

Central Laser Facility
Imperial College London
Queen's University of Belfast
University of Strathclyde
CEA/UVSQ/CNRS
Max-Planck Institut für Quantenoptik
Universität München

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Abstract

We report on the characterization of the specular reflection of 50 fs laser pulses in the intensity range 1017-1021Wcm-2 obliquely incident with p-polarization onto solid density plasmas. These measurements show that the absorbed energy fraction remains approximately constant and that second harmonic generation (SHG) achieves efficiencies of 22±8% for intensities approaching 1021Wcm-2. A simple model based on the relativistic oscillating mirror concept reproduces the observed intensity scaling, indicating that this is the dominant process involved for these conditions. This method may prove to be superior to SHG by sum frequency mixing in crystals as it is free from dispersion and retains high spatial coherence at high intensity.

Original language	English
Article number	023041
Journal	New Journal of Physics
Volume	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/13/2/023041
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2011
Externally published	Yes

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Streeter, M. J. V., Foster, P. S., Cameron, F. H., Borghesi, M., Brenner, C., Carroll, D. C., Divall, E., Dover, N. P., Dromey, B., Gallegos, P., Green, J. S., Hawkes, S., Hooker, C. J., Kar, S., McKenna, P., Nagel, S. R., Najmudin, Z., Palmer, C. A. J., Prasad, R., ... Neely, D. (2011). Relativistic plasma surfaces as an efficient second harmonic generator. New Journal of Physics, 13, Article 023041. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/13/2/023041

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