Third harmonic order imaging as a focal spot diagnostic for high intensity laser-solid interactions Export

@article{citeulike:4187209, abstract = {As the state of the art for high power laser systems increases from terawatt to petawatt level and beyond, a crucial parameter for routinely monitoring high intensity performance is laser spot size on a solid target during an intense interaction in the tight focus regime (10192 is demonstrated experimentally and shown to provide the basis for an effective focus diagnostic. Importantly, this technique is also shown to allow in-situ diagnosis of focal spot quality achieved after reflection from a double plasma mirror setup for very intense high contrast interactions (>10202) an important application for the field of high laser contrast interaction science.}, author = {Dromey, B. and Bellei, C. and Carroll, D. C. and Clarke, R. J. and Green, J. S. and Kar, S. and Kneip, S. and Markey, K. and Nagel, S. R. and Willingale, L. and Mckenna, P. and Neely, D. and Najmudin, Z. and Krushelnick, K. and Norreys, P. A. and Zepf, M.}, citeulike-article-id = {4187209}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=4877260}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0263034609000329}, doi = {10.1017/S0263034609000329}, journal = {Laser and Particle Beams}, keywords = {density, diagnostic, focus, foil, harmonic, high-intensity, imaging, interaction, laser, solid, spot, target}, month = {January}, number = {-1}, pages = {1--6}, posted-at = {2009-05-15 10:34:04}, priority = {2}, title = {Third harmonic order imaging as a focal spot diagnostic for high intensity laser-solid interactions}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0263034609000329}, volume = {Forthcoming}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4187209 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4187209 N2 - As the state of the art for high power laser systems increases from terawatt to petawatt level and beyond, a crucial parameter for routinely monitoring high intensity performance is laser spot size on a solid target during an intense interaction in the tight focus regime (10192 is demonstrated experimentally and shown to provide the basis for an effective focus diagnostic. Importantly, this technique is also shown to allow in-situ diagnosis of focal spot quality achieved after reflection from a double plasma mirror setup for very intense high contrast interactions (>10202) an important application for the field of high laser contrast interaction science. IS - -1 JF - Laser and Particle Beams EP - 6 TI - Third harmonic order imaging as a focal spot diagnostic for high intensity laser-solid interactions VL - Forthcoming SP - 1 KW - density KW - diagnostic KW - focus KW - foil KW - harmonic KW - high-intensity KW - imaging KW - interaction KW - laser KW - solid KW - spot KW - target AU - Dromey, B AU - Bellei, C AU - Carroll, DC AU - Clarke, RJ AU - Green, JS AU - Kar, S AU - Kneip, S AU - Markey, K AU - Nagel, SR AU - Willingale, L AU - Mckenna, P AU - Neely, D AU - Najmudin, Z AU - Krushelnick, K AU - Norreys, PA AU - Zepf, M PY - 2009/01// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0263034609000329 ER -