Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

Improvement in the temporal contrast in the tens of ps range of the multi-PW Apollon laser front-end

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

We demonstrate the impact of the optics roughness in Öffner stretchers used in chirped pulse amplification laser chains and how it is possible to improve the temporal contrast ratio in the temporal range of 10–100 ps by adequately choosing the optical quality of the key components. Experimental demonstration has been realized in the front-end source of the multi-petawatt (PW) laser facility Apollon, resulting in an enhancement of the contrast ratio by two to three orders of magnitude.

© 2020 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
More Like This
High-contrast 10  fs OPCPA-based front end for multi-PW laser chains

D. N. Papadopoulos, P. Ramirez, K. Genevrier, L. Ranc, N. Lebas, A. Pellegrina, C. Le Blanc, P. Monot, L. Martin, J. P. Zou, F. Mathieu, P. Audebert, P. Georges, and F. Druon
Opt. Lett. 42(18) 3530-3533 (2017)

Highly efficient double plasma mirror producing ultrahigh-contrast multi-petawatt laser pulses

Il Woo Choi, Cheonha Jeon, Seong Geun Lee, Seung Yeon Kim, Tae Yun Kim, I Jong Kim, Hwang Woon Lee, Jin Woo Yoon, Jae Hee Sung, Seong Ku Lee, and Chang Hee Nam
Opt. Lett. 45(23) 6342-6345 (2020)

Broad-bandwidth high-temporal-contrast carrier-envelope-phase-stabilized laser seed for 100 PW lasers

Beijie Shao, Yanyan Li, Yujie Peng, Pengfei Wang, Junyu Qian, Yuxin Leng, and Ruxin Li
Opt. Lett. 45(8) 2215-2218 (2020)

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Figures (4)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved