Title :
Utilization of a few-cycle probe beam to study relativistic laser-plasma interaction
Author :
Jackel, O. ; Savert, A. ; Schwab, Manuel ; Reuter, Matthias ; Nicolai, M. ; Polz, J. ; Kaluza, M.C.
Author_Institution :
Helmholtz-Inst. Jena, Jena, Germany
Abstract :
A spectrally broadened and compressed fraction of the 30 fs JETI-pulses is utilized for imaging the laser-plasma interaction with 6 fs time resolution. In case of LWFA the direct visualization of the plasma wave became possible.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; plasma light propagation; plasma probes; relativistic plasmas; LWFA; compressed JETI-pulses; few-cycle probe beam; plasma wave visualization; relativistic laser-plasma interaction imaging; spectrally broadened JETI-pulses; time 30 fs; time 6 fs; Gas lasers; Image resolution; Imaging; Laser beams; Plasmas; Probes; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
