Sub-100 ps laser-driven dynamic compression of solid deuterium with a ∼40 μJ laser pulse

100-ps-pulse-duration, 100-J burst-mode laser for kHz-MHz flow diagnostics.

A high-speed, master-oscillator power-amplifier burst-mode laser with ∼100  ps pulse duration is demonstrated with output energy up to 110 J per burst at 1064 nm and second-harmonic conversion efficiency up to 67% in a KD*P crystal. The output energy is distributed across 100 to 10,000 sequential laser pulses, with 10 kHz to 1 MHz repetition rate, respectively, over 10 ms burst duration. The pe...

Multi‐μJ harmonic emission energy from laser‐driven plasma

Tissue ablation with 100-fs and 200-ps laser pulses

We used water and human skin tissue to compare the surgical potential of 100-fs and 200-ps laser pulses. For investigation of threshold behavior of 100-fs and 200-ps pulses, we use water as a model for tissue. In addition to having a lower threshold, we find that energy deposition is much more consistent with 100-fs pulses. We also compared 100-fs and 200-ps laser pulse effects on the surface a...

Incoherent pulse compression in laser range finder

Laser ranging measurements using incoherent pulse compression of complementary code pairs is reported. The two bipolar codes are converted to unipolar representations using a pulse position modulation algorithm, and used in succession in intensity modulation of a laser ranging source. Reflected echoes from a wall target are directly and incoherently detected. The cross-correlation between each ...

Isolated sub-100-as pulse generation by optimizing two-color laser fields using simulated annealing algorithm.

We propose a method to broaden the cut-off region of high harmonic generation by optimizing the parameters of two-color laser fields synthesized by an intense 5 fs pulse at 800 nm and a relatively weak, subharmonic pulse at 2400 nm. Simulated Annealing (SA) algorithm is employed to optimize the electric field amplitude, pulse duration of the control pulse, and the time delay between two pulses....