PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF INTENSITIES ABOVE 2X10(19) W CM(2), OBTAINED WITH 30-TW 300-FS PULSES GENERATED IN A TI-SAPPHIRE/ND-DOPED MIXED-GLASS CHAIN/

Authors
ROUYER C BLANCHOT N ALLAIS I MAZATAUD E MIQUEL JL NAIL M PIERRE A SAUTERET C MIGUS A
Citation
C. Rouyer et al., PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF INTENSITIES ABOVE 2X10(19) W CM(2), OBTAINED WITH 30-TW 300-FS PULSES GENERATED IN A TI-SAPPHIRE/ND-DOPED MIXED-GLASS CHAIN/, Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics, 13(1), 1996, pp. 55-58
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
07403224
Volume
13
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
55 - 58
Database
ISI
SICI code
0740-3224(1996)13:1<55:PACOIA>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We have achieved on-target intensities above 2 x 10(19) W/cm(2) by foc using 1.06-mu m 30-TW pulses with durations in the 300-fs range. The i ntensity contrast has been measured to be 10(-7)-10(-8) in the few-hun dred-picosecond background before the main pulse, and this value is su pported by the analysis of the time-resolved x-ray spectra emitted by irradiated solid targets. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America