Towards ultrahigh-contrast ultraintense laser pulses-complete characterization of a double plasma-mirror pulse cleaner

T. Wittmann; J. P. Geindre; P. Audebert; R. S. Marjoribanks; J. P. Rousseau; F. Burgy; D. Douillet; T. Lefrou; K. Ta Phuoc; J. P. Chambaret

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Towards ultrahigh-contrast ultraintense laser pulses-complete characterization of a double plasma-mirror pulse cleaner

T. Wittmann
, J. P. Geindre
, P. Audebert
, R. S. Marjoribanks
, J. P. Rousseau
, F. Burgy
, D. Douillet
, T. Lefrou
, K. Ta Phuoc
, J. P. Chambaret

University of Szeged
Max-Planck Institut für Quantenoptik
University of Toronto
Laboratory d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA, CNRS-École Polytechnique

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The effects of small amounts of energy delivered at times before the peak intensity of ultrahigh-intensity ultrafast-laser pulses have been a major obstacle to the goal of studying the interaction of ultraintense light with solids for more than two decades now. We describe implementation of a practical double-plasma-mirror pulse cleaner, built into a f = 10 m null telescope and added as a standard beamline feature of a 100 TW laser system for ultraintense laser-matter interaction. Our measurements allow us to infer a pulse-height contrast of 5 × 10¹¹ - the highest contrast generated to date - while preserving ∼50% of the laser intensity and maintaining excellent focusability of the delivered beam. We present a complete optical characterization, comparing empirical results and numerical modeling of a double-plasma-mirror system.

Original language	English
Article number	083109
Journal	Review of Scientific Instruments
Volume	77
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2234850
Publication status	Published - 31 Aug 2006

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Wittmann, T., Geindre, J. P., Audebert, P., Marjoribanks, R. S., Rousseau, J. P., Burgy, F., Douillet, D., Lefrou, T., Ta Phuoc, K., & Chambaret, J. P. (2006). Towards ultrahigh-contrast ultraintense laser pulses-complete characterization of a double plasma-mirror pulse cleaner. Review of Scientific Instruments, 77(8), Article 083109. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2234850

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