Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Suppression of small-scale self-focusing of high-intensity femtosecond radiation

  • Published:
Applied Physics B Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

An original method for suppressing small-scale self-focusing in laser beams with the intensity of several TW/cm2 has been proposed, justified theoretically and verified in experiment. The idea underlying the method is to filter spatial perturbations during beam propagation in free space.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. V.V. Lozhkarev, G.I. Freidman, V.N. Ginzburg, E.V. Katin, E.A. Khazanov, A.V. Kirsanov, G.A. Luchinin, M.A. Martyanov, O.V. Palashov, A.K. Poteomkin, A.M. Sergeev, A.A. Shaykin, I.V. Yakovlev, Compact 0.56 petawatt laser system based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification in KD*P crystals. Laser Phys. Lett. 4, 421–427 (2007)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  2. D.M. Pennington, M.D. Perry, B.C. Stuart, R.D. Boyd, J.A. Britten, C.G. Brown, S.M. Herman, J.L. Miller, H.T. Nguyen, B.W. Shore, G.L. Tietbohl, V. Yanovsky, Petawatt laser system, in Solid state lasers for application to inertial confinement fusion: second annual international conference Proceedings of the SPIE, (1997), pp. 490–500

  3. E. Gaul, M. Martinez, J. Blakeney, A. Jochmann, M. Ringuette, D. Hammond, T. Borger, R. Escamilla, S. Douglas, W. Henderson, G. Dyer, A. Erlandson, R. Cross, J. Caird, C.A. Ebbers, T. Ditmire, Demonstration of a 1.1 petawatt laser based on a hybrid optical parametric chirped pulse amplification/mixed Nd: glass amplifier. Appl. Optics 49, 1676–1681 (2010)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  4. S.Y. Mironov, V.V. Lozhkarev, V.N. Ginzburg, E.A. Khazanov, High-efficiency second-harmonic generation of superintense ultrashort laser pulses. Appl. Optics 48, 2051–2057 (2009)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. E. Mevel, O. Tcherbakoff, F. Salin, E. Constant, Extracavity compression technique for high-energy femtosecond pulses. J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 20, 105–108 (2003)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. V.I. Bespalov, V.I. Talanov, Filamentary structure of light beams in nonlinear liquids. JETP Lett. 3, 307–310 (1966)

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. A.K. Potemkin, M.A. Martyanov, M.S. Kochetkova, E.A. Khazanov, Compact 300 J/300 GW frequency doubled neodymium glass laser. Part I: limiting power by self-focusing. IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 45, 336–344 (2009)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. S.G. Garanin, I.V. Epatko, L.V. L’vov, R.V. Serov, S.A. Sukharev, Self-focusing suppression in a system of two nonlinear media and a spatial filter. Quantum Electron. 37, 1159–1165 (2007)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. S. Mironov, V. Lozhkarev, V. Ginzburg, I. Yakovlev, G. Luchinin, A. Shaykin, E. Khazanov, A. Babin, E. Novikov, S. Fadeev, A. Sergeev, G. Mourou, Second harmonic generation of super powerful femtosecond pulses at strong influence of cubic nonlinearity. J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 18, 7–13 (2012)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. N.N. Rozanov, V.A. Smirnov, Small-scale self-focusing of laser radiation in amplifier systems. Soviet J. Quantum Electron. 10, 232–237 (1980)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    Sergey Mironov, Vladimir Lozhkarev, Grigory Luchinin, Andrey Shaykin & Efim Khazanov

Authors
  1. Sergey Mironov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Vladimir Lozhkarev
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Grigory Luchinin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Andrey Shaykin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Efim Khazanov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Sergey Mironov.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Mironov, S., Lozhkarev, V., Luchinin, G. et al. Suppression of small-scale self-focusing of high-intensity femtosecond radiation. Appl. Phys. B 113, 147–151 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-013-5450-1

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-013-5450-1

Keywords

Search

Navigation