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High-energy laser-pulse self-compression in short gas-filled fibers

High-energy laser-pulse self-compression in short gas-filled fibers
High-energy laser-pulse self-compression in short gas-filled fibers
We examine the spatiotemporal compression of energetic femtosecond laser pulses within short gas-filled fibers. The study is undertaken using an advanced nonlinear pulse propagation model based on a multimode generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation that has been modified to include plasma effects. Plasma defocusing and linear propagation effects are shown to be the dominant processes within a highly dynamical mechanism that enables 100-fs pulses to be compressed into the few-cycle regime after <50 mm of propagation. Once the mechanism has been introduced, parameter spaces are explored and compressor designs suitable for performing high-field experiments in situ are presented. We finish by showing how these designs may be extended to novel wavelengths and driving pulses delivered by state-of-the-art high-repetition-rate lasers.
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Anderson, P.N.
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Horak, P.
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Frey, J.G.
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Brocklesby, W.S.
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Anderson, P.N.
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Frey, J.G.
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Anderson, P.N., Horak, P., Frey, J.G. and Brocklesby, W.S. (2014) High-energy laser-pulse self-compression in short gas-filled fibers. Physical Review A, 89 (1), 13819. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.89.013819).

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We examine the spatiotemporal compression of energetic femtosecond laser pulses within short gas-filled fibers. The study is undertaken using an advanced nonlinear pulse propagation model based on a multimode generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation that has been modified to include plasma effects. Plasma defocusing and linear propagation effects are shown to be the dominant processes within a highly dynamical mechanism that enables 100-fs pulses to be compressed into the few-cycle regime after <50 mm of propagation. Once the mechanism has been introduced, parameter spaces are explored and compressor designs suitable for performing high-field experiments in situ are presented. We finish by showing how these designs may be extended to novel wavelengths and driving pulses delivered by state-of-the-art high-repetition-rate lasers.

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Published date: 16 January 2014
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 361511
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/361511
ISSN: 1050-2947
PURE UUID: e5fd61cc-fe72-4463-9d29-e91073e6fd13
ORCID for P. Horak: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8710-8764
ORCID for J.G. Frey: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0842-4302
ORCID for W.S. Brocklesby: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2123-6712

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Date deposited: 23 Jan 2014 15:47
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:13

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Author: P.N. Anderson
Author: P. Horak ORCID iD
Author: J.G. Frey ORCID iD
Author: W.S. Brocklesby ORCID iD

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