Relativistic near-single-cycle optics at 1 kHz

Autor: Ouillé, Marie, Vernier, Aline, Boehle, Frederik, Bocoum, Maimouna, Lozano, Magali, Rousseau, Jean-Philippe, Cheng, Zhao, Gustas, Domynikas, Blumenstein, Andreas, Simon, Peter, Haessler, Stefan, Faure, Jérôme, Nagy, Tamas, Lopez-Martens, Rodrigo
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Light Sci. Appl. 9, 1-9 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1038/s41377-020-0280-5
Popis: We present a laser source delivering waveform-controlled 1.5-cycle pulses that can be focused to relativistic intensity at 1 kHz repetition rate. These pulses are generated by nonlinear compression of high-temporal-contrast sub-25\,fs pulses from a kHz Ti:Sapphire double-chirped pulse amplifier in a stretched flexible hollow fiber compressor scaled for high peak power. The unique capabilities of this source are demonstrated by observing carrier-envelope phase effects in laser-wakefield acceleration of relativistic electrons for the first time.
Databáze: arXiv