Abstract

High-field experiments are very sensitive to the exact value of the peak intensity of an optical pulse due to the nonlinearity of the underlying processes. Therefore, precise knowledge of the pulse intensity, which is mainly limited by the accuracy of the temporal characterization, is a key prerequisite for the correct interpretation of experimental data. While the detection of energy and spatial profile is well established, the unambiguous temporal characterization of intense optical pulses, another important parameter required for intensity evaluation, remains a challenge, especially at relativistic intensities and a few-cycle pulse duration. Here, we report on the progress in the temporal characterization of intense laser pulses and present the relativistic surface second harmonic generation dispersion scan (RSSHG-D-scan)—a new approach allowing direct on-target temporal characterization of high-energy, few-cycle optical pulses at relativistic intensity.

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Title
On-target temporal characterization of optical pulses at relativistic intensity
Author
Leshchenko, Vyacheslav E 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Kessel, Alexander 2 ; Jahn, Olga 2 ; Krüger, Mathias 2 ; Münzer, Andreas 2 ; Trushin, Sergei A 2 ; Veisz, Laszlo 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Major, Zsuzsanna 4 ; Karsch, Stefan 2 

1  Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany; Department für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Garching, Germany; Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA 
2  Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany; Department für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Garching, Germany 
3  Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany; Department of Physics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden 
4  Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany; Department für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Garching, Germany; GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany; Helmholtz-Institut Jena, Jena, Germany 
Pages
1-9
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Oct 2019
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
e-ISSN
20477538
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-019-0207-1
ProQuest document ID
2309511150
Copyright
© 2019. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.