M. Streeter, C. Colgan, C. Cobo, C. Arran, E. Los, R. Watt, N. Bourgeois, L. Calvin, J. Carderelli, N. Cavanagh, S. Dann, R. Fitzgarrald, E. Gerstmayr, A. Joglekar, B. Kettle, P. McKenna, C. Murphy, Z. Najmudin, P. Parsons, Q. Qian, P. Rajeev, C. Ridgers, D. Symes, A. Thomas, G. Sarri, S. Mangles
{"title":"Laser wakefield accelerator modelling with variational neural networks","authors":"M. Streeter, C. Colgan, C. Cobo, C. Arran, E. Los, R. Watt, N. Bourgeois, L. Calvin, J. Carderelli, N. Cavanagh, S. Dann, R. Fitzgarrald, E. Gerstmayr, A. Joglekar, B. Kettle, P. McKenna, C. Murphy, Z. Najmudin, P. Parsons, Q. Qian, P. Rajeev, C. Ridgers, D. Symes, A. Thomas, G. Sarri, S. Mangles","doi":"10.1017/hpl.2022.47","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2022.47","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract A machine learning model was created to predict the electron spectrum generated by a GeV-class laser wakefield accelerator. The model was constructed from variational convolutional neural networks, which mapped the results of secondary laser and plasma diagnostics to the generated electron spectrum. An ensemble of trained networks was used to predict the electron spectrum and to provide an estimation of the uncertainty of that prediction. It is anticipated that this approach will be useful for inferring the electron spectrum prior to undergoing any process that can alter or destroy the beam. In addition, the model provides insight into the scaling of electron beam properties due to stochastic fluctuations in the laser energy and plasma electron density.","PeriodicalId":54285,"journal":{"name":"High Power Laser Science and Engineering","volume":"200 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86946957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wenhai Liang, Renjing Chen, Yilin Xu, Yaping Xuan, Peng Wang, J. Liu, Ruxin Li
{"title":"High-performance 800–1050 nm seed pulses based on spectral broadening and filtering for petawatt lasers","authors":"Wenhai Liang, Renjing Chen, Yilin Xu, Yaping Xuan, Peng Wang, J. Liu, Ruxin Li","doi":"10.1017/hpl.2023.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2023.2","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract High-performance 86 μJ, 11.2 fs pulses with a spectrum range of 800–1050 nm are generated based on 1030 nm, 190 fs Yb femtosecond pulses by using multi-plate-based spectral broadening and filtering. Taking advantage of single beam configuration, the obtained pulses have excellent power and spectral stabilities. Since the output spectrum is obtained by spectrally filtering the broadened components, the temporal contrast of the output pulses is enhanced by at least four orders of magnitude. Together with the robust and simple setup, the proposed method is expected to be a competitive option for the generation of seed pulses for 10s–100s petawatt lasers.","PeriodicalId":54285,"journal":{"name":"High Power Laser Science and Engineering","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87657439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y. dong, Yunxia Jin, Fanyu Kong, Jingyin Zhao, J. Mo, Dongbing He, Jing Sun, J. Shao
{"title":"Angle amplifier in a 2D beam scanning system based on peristrophic multiplexed volume Bragg gratings","authors":"Y. dong, Yunxia Jin, Fanyu Kong, Jingyin Zhao, J. Mo, Dongbing He, Jing Sun, J. Shao","doi":"10.1017/hpl.2022.42","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2022.42","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this paper, a 2D angle amplifier based on peristrophic multiplexed volume Bragg gratings is designed and prepared, in which a calculation method is firstly proposed to optimize the number of channels to a minimum. The induction of peristrophic multiplexing reduces the performance difference in one bulk of the grating, whereas there is no need to deliberately optimize the fabrication process. It is revealed that a discrete 2D angle deflection range of ±30° is obtained and the relative diffraction efficiency of all the grating channels reaches more than 55% with a root-mean-square deviation of less than 3.4% in the same grating. The deviation of the Bragg incidence and exit angles from the expected values is less than 0.07°. It is believed that the proposed 2D angle amplifier has the potential to realize high-performance and large-angle beam steering in high-power laser beam scanning systems.","PeriodicalId":54285,"journal":{"name":"High Power Laser Science and Engineering","volume":"05 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86048542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Interview with Vladimir Tikhonchuk","authors":"Ping Zhu","doi":"10.1017/hpl.2023.76","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2023.76","url":null,"abstract":"Vladimir Tikhonchuk, Professor Emeritus at Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, University of Bordeaux, France, and senior researcher at the Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, ELI-Beamlines Facility, Czech Republic. His research is in the domain of high energy density physics and nonlinear optics, including inertial confinement fusion (ICF), dynamic processes in laboratory astrophysics, laser–plasma interactions, excitation of parametric instabilities, generation of magnetic and electric fields, acceleration of charged particles and energy transport.","PeriodicalId":54285,"journal":{"name":"High Power Laser Science and Engineering","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135600149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Augustinas Petrulėnas, Paulius Mackonis, Aleksej M. Rodin
{"title":"High-efficiency bismuth borate-based optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier with approximately 2.1 mJ, 38 fs output pulses at approximately 2150 nm – ERRATUM","authors":"Augustinas Petrulėnas, Paulius Mackonis, Aleksej M. Rodin","doi":"10.1017/hpl.2023.59","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2023.59","url":null,"abstract":"An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button.","PeriodicalId":54285,"journal":{"name":"High Power Laser Science and Engineering","volume":"2015 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135263925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sunny Howard, Jannik Esslinger, Robin H.W. Wang, Peter Norreys, Andreas Döpp
{"title":"Hyperspectral compressive wavefront sensing","authors":"Sunny Howard, Jannik Esslinger, Robin H.W. Wang, Peter Norreys, Andreas Döpp","doi":"10.1017/hpl.2022.35","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2022.35","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Presented is a novel way to combine snapshot compressive imaging and lateral shearing interferometry in order to capture the spatio-spectral phase of an ultrashort laser pulse in a single shot. A deep unrolling algorithm is utilized for snapshot compressive imaging reconstruction due to its parameter efficiency and superior speed relative to other methods, potentially allowing for online reconstruction. The algorithm’s regularization term is represented using a neural network with 3D convolutional layers to exploit the spatio-spectral correlations that exist in laser wavefronts. Compressed sensing is not typically applied to modulated signals, but we demonstrate its success here. Furthermore, we train a neural network to predict the wavefronts from a lateral shearing interferogram in terms of Zernike polynomials, which again increases the speed of our technique without sacrificing fidelity. This method is supported with simulation-based results. While applied to the example of lateral shearing interferometry, the methods presented here are generally applicable to a wide range of signals, including Shack–Hartmann-type sensors. The results may be of interest beyond the context of laser wavefront characterization, including within quantitative phase imaging.","PeriodicalId":54285,"journal":{"name":"High Power Laser Science and Engineering","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135585721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"All- and mixed-dielectric grating for Nd:glass-based high-energy pulse compression","authors":"Yuxing Han, Hongchao Cao, Fanyu Kong, Yunxia Jin, Jianda Shao","doi":"10.1017/hpl.2023.39","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2023.39","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Maximizing the energy-loading performance of gratings is a universal theme in high-energy pulse compression. However, sporadic grating designs strongly restrict the development of high-power laser engineering. This study proposes an all- and mixed-dielectric grating design paradigm for Nd:glass-based pulse compressors. The solution regions are classified according to the line density. High diffraction efficiency solutions are described in more detail based on the dispersion amount and incident angle. Moreover, an energy scaling factor of 7.09 times larger than that of the National Ignition Facility’s Advanced Radiographic Capability (NIF-ARC) is obtained by taking advantage of the low electric field intensity at transverse magnetic polarization and a small incident angle. These results make a pioneering contribution to facilitate future 20–50-petawatt-class ultrafast laser systems.","PeriodicalId":54285,"journal":{"name":"High Power Laser Science and Engineering","volume":"167 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135551300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Bouyer, R. Parreault, N. Roquin, J. Natoli, L. Lamaignère
{"title":"Impact of temporal modulations on laser-induced damage of fused silica at 351 nm","authors":"C. Bouyer, R. Parreault, N. Roquin, J. Natoli, L. Lamaignère","doi":"10.1017/hpl.2022.41","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2022.41","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Laser-induced damage (LID) on high-power laser facilities is one of the limiting factors for the increase in power and energy. Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) facilities such as Laser Mégajoule or the National Ignition Facility use spectral broadening of the laser pulse that may induce power modulations because of frequency modulation to amplitude modulation conversion. In this paper, we study the impact of low and fast power modulations of laser pulses both experimentally and numerically. The MELBA experimental testbed was used to shape a wide variety of laser pulses and to study their impact on LID. A 1D Lagrangian hydrodynamic code was used to understand the impact of different power profiles on LID.","PeriodicalId":54285,"journal":{"name":"High Power Laser Science and Engineering","volume":"07 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2022-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86021809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jingcheng Shang, Chao Mei, Shengzhi Zhao, Yizhou Liu, Kejian Yang, C. Wang, Tao Li, T. Feng
{"title":"Short mid-infrared watt-level all-fiber nonlinear pulse compressor above 100-MHz pulse repetition rate","authors":"Jingcheng Shang, Chao Mei, Shengzhi Zhao, Yizhou Liu, Kejian Yang, C. Wang, Tao Li, T. Feng","doi":"10.1017/hpl.2022.45","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2022.45","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract We firstly report a 2-μm all-fiber nonlinear pulse compressor based on two pieces of normal dispersion fiber (NDF), which enables a high-power scaling ability of watt-level and a high pulse compression ratio of 13.7. With the NDF-based all-fiber nonlinear pulse compressor, the 450-fs laser pulses with a repetition rate of 101.4 MHz are compressed to 35.1 fs, corresponding to a 5.2 optical oscillation cycle at the 2-μm wavelength region. The output average power reaches 1.28 W, which is believed to be the highest value never achieved from the previous 2-μm all-fiber nonlinear pulse compressors with a high pulse repetition rate above 100 MHz. The dynamic evolution of the ultrafast pulse inside the all-fiber nonlinear pulse compressor is numerically analyzed, matching well with the experimental results.","PeriodicalId":54285,"journal":{"name":"High Power Laser Science and Engineering","volume":"85 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2022-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90472838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"High-peak-power random Yb-fiber laser with intracavity Raman-frequency comb generation","authors":"Xinxing Liu, Wenhui Hao, Zhihui Yang, Yulong Tang","doi":"10.1017/hpl.2022.40","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2022.40","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The random fiber laser (RFL) has been an excellent platform for exploring novel optical dynamics and developing new functional optoelectronic devices. However, it is challenging for RFLs to regulate their emission into regular narrow pulses due to their intrinsic randomness. Here, through engineering the laser configuration (cavity Q value, gain distribution and nonlinearity), we demonstrate that narrow (~2.5 ns) pulses with record peak power as high as 64.3 kW are achieved from a self-Q-switched random ytterbium fiber laser. Based on high intracavity intensity and efficient interplay of multiple nonlinear processes (stimulated Brillouin scattering, stimulated Raman scattering and four-wave mixing), an over-one-octave visible-near-infrared (NIR) Raman-frequency comb is generated from single-mode silica fibers for the first time. After spectrally filtering the Raman peaks, wavelength-tunable pulses with durations of several hundreds of picoseconds are obtained. Such a high-peak-power random Q-switched fiber laser and wide frequency comb in the visible-NIR region can find applications in diverse areas, such as spectroscopy, biomedical imaging and quantum information.","PeriodicalId":54285,"journal":{"name":"High Power Laser Science and Engineering","volume":"78 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91041847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}