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Spatially-uniform temporal recompression of intense femtosecond optical pulses

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A specially designed telescope with defocusing lens and off-axis parabolic mirror, which is working as a nonlinear element and producing self-phase modulation, was implemented for intense (3.1 TW/cm2) Fourier Transform Limit femtosecond laser pulses with Gaussian beam profiles. The pulse spectrum was broadened quasi- homogeneously over the beam cross-section due to the change in the lens thickness compensating for the reduction of the beam intensity from its center to periphery. In experimental demonstrations a set of chirped mirrors allowed for the spectral phase correction to a final pulse compression of 20 fs from 40 fs.

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  1. Institute of Applied Physics Russian Academy of Sciences, 46 Ul’yanov Street, 603950, Nizhni Novgorod, Russia

    S. Mironov & E. Khazanov

  2. Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications 1650, boulevard Lionel-Boulet, Varennes (Québec) J3X 1S2, Quebec City, Canada

    P. Lassonde & J.-C. Kieffer

  3. IZEST, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128, Palaiseau, France

    G. Mourou

  4. University of Nizhni Novgorod, 23 Prospekt Gagarina, 603950, Nizhni Novgorod, Russia

    E. Khazanov & G. Mourou

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Mironov, S., Lassonde, P., Kieffer, JC. et al. Spatially-uniform temporal recompression of intense femtosecond optical pulses. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 223, 1175–1180 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2014-02170-6

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