Intrinsic femtosecond structure of extreme contrast harmonic pulses: influence on relativistic laser-solid interactions
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| author | Aparajit, C. Choudhary, Anandam Dulat, Ankit Grech, Mickael Marini, Samuel Lad, Amit D. Ved, Yash M. Raynaud, Michèle Riconda, Caterina Kumar, G. Ravindra |
| author_facet | Aparajit, C. Choudhary, Anandam Dulat, Ankit Grech, Mickael Marini, Samuel Lad, Amit D. Ved, Yash M. Raynaud, Michèle Riconda, Caterina Kumar, G. Ravindra |
| contents | Extreme intensity contrast is considered essential for ultraintense, femtosecond laser excitation of solid targets, in particular for studies with structured or ultra-thin targets. Second-harmonic generation has been used to maximize the contrast in the nanosecond and picosecond timescales but the resulting pulses can have intense broad femtosecond structures in the rising edge of the pulse. We show that femtosecond scale structures that arise in this process critically modify the interaction, by altering the local field structures and hence redirecting the electron trajectories and distributions, especially concerning resonant phenomena such as surface plasmon excitation in structured targets. Particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations fully support and give further insight into our experimental results. Our findings have important implications not only for the use of harmonic pulses on solid targets but also for two-color schemes based on second harmonic pulses. |
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| spellingShingle | Intrinsic femtosecond structure of extreme contrast harmonic pulses: influence on relativistic laser-solid interactions Aparajit, C. Choudhary, Anandam Dulat, Ankit Grech, Mickael Marini, Samuel Lad, Amit D. Ved, Yash M. Raynaud, Michèle Riconda, Caterina Kumar, G. Ravindra Plasma Physics Optics Extreme intensity contrast is considered essential for ultraintense, femtosecond laser excitation of solid targets, in particular for studies with structured or ultra-thin targets. Second-harmonic generation has been used to maximize the contrast in the nanosecond and picosecond timescales but the resulting pulses can have intense broad femtosecond structures in the rising edge of the pulse. We show that femtosecond scale structures that arise in this process critically modify the interaction, by altering the local field structures and hence redirecting the electron trajectories and distributions, especially concerning resonant phenomena such as surface plasmon excitation in structured targets. Particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations fully support and give further insight into our experimental results. Our findings have important implications not only for the use of harmonic pulses on solid targets but also for two-color schemes based on second harmonic pulses. |
| title | Intrinsic femtosecond structure of extreme contrast harmonic pulses: influence on relativistic laser-solid interactions |
| topic | Plasma Physics Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.11360 |