Low-noise time-resolved optical sensing of electromagnetic pulses from petawatt laser-matter interactions

Abstract We report on the development and deployment of an optical diagnostic for single-shot measurement of the electric-field components of electromagnetic pulses from high-intensity laser-matter interactions in a high-noise environment. The electro-optic Pockels effect in KDP crystals was used to...

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Main Authors: T. S. Robinson, F. Consoli, S. Giltrap, S. J. Eardley, G. S. Hicks, E. J. Ditter, O. Ettlinger, N. H. Stuart, M. Notley, R. De Angelis, Z. Najmudin, R. A. Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01063-1