Study of chirped pulse amplification based on Raman backscattering

X. Yang; G. Vieux; A. Lyachev; J. Farmer; G. Raj; B. Ersfeld; E. Brunetti; Samuel Wiggins; R. Issac; D. A. Jaroszynski; DA Jaroszynski; A Rousse

doi:10.1117/12.821106

Study of chirped pulse amplification based on Raman backscattering

X. Yang, G. Vieux, A. Lyachev, J. Farmer, G. Raj, B. Ersfeld, E. Brunetti, Samuel Wiggins, R. Issac, D. A. Jaroszynski, DA Jaroszynski (Editor), A Rousse (Editor)

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Raman backscattering (RBS) in plasma is an attractive source of intense, ultrashort laser pulses, which has the potential asa basic for a new generation of laser amplifiers.(1) Taking advantage of plasma, which can withstand extremely high power densities and can offer high efficiencies over short distances, Raman amplification in plasma could lead to significant reductions in both size and cost of high power laser systems. Chirped laser pulse amplification through RBS could be an effective way to transfer energy from a long pump pulse to a resonant counter propagating short probe pulse. The probe pulse is spectrally broadened in a controlled manner through self-phase modulation. Mechanism of chirped pulse Raman amplification has been studied, and features of supperradiant growth associated with the nonlinear stage are observed in the linear regime. Gain measurements are briefly summarized. The experimental measurements are in qualitative agreement with simulations and theoretical predictions.

Original language	English
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.821106
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	Conference on Harnessing Relativistic Plasma Waves as Novel Radiation Sources From Terahertz to X-Rays and Beyond - Prague, Czech Republic Duration: 21 Apr 2009 → 23 Apr 2009

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Conference	Conference on Harnessing Relativistic Plasma Waves as Novel Radiation Sources From Terahertz to X-Rays and Beyond
Country/Territory	Czech Republic
City	Prague
Period	21/04/09 → 23/04/09

Keywords

Raman backscattering
chirped pulse
superradiant amplification
plasma density measurement
capillary
white light

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Extreme light infrastructure (ELI)
Jaroszynski, D. (Principal Investigator)
STFC Science and Technology Facilities Council
1/04/08 → 31/03/11
Project: Research
HARNESSING LASER-DRIVEN PLASMA WAVES AS PARTICLE AND RADIATION SOURCES
Jaroszynski, D. (Principal Investigator), Bingham, R. (Co-investigator), Ledingham, K. (Co-investigator) & McKenna, P. (Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/03/07 → 31/08/11
Project: Research
European Laser Electron Controlled Acceleration in Plasmas to GeV energy range - EUROLEAP
Jaroszynski, D. (Principal Investigator)
EU
1/09/06 → 31/08/09
Project: Research

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Yang, X., Vieux, G., Lyachev, A., Farmer, J., Raj, G., Ersfeld, B., Brunetti, E., Wiggins, S., Issac, R., Jaroszynski, D. A., Jaroszynski, DA. (Ed.), & Rousse, A. (Ed.) (2009). Study of chirped pulse amplification based on Raman backscattering. Paper presented at Conference on Harnessing Relativistic Plasma Waves as Novel Radiation Sources From Terahertz to X-Rays and Beyond, Prague, Czech Republic. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.821106

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