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The temporal shape (skew) of the envelope function of 50–200 ferntosecond Ti:sapphire laser pulses has been controlled by fine-tuning the higher-order spectral phase coefficients to optimize the electron yield of a self-modulated plasma wake-field accelerator.
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Tóth, C. et al. (2004). Asymmetric Pulse Shapes in Grating-Based CPA Compressors and Optimal Electron Acceleration in Plasmas. In: Krausz, F., Korn, G., Corkum, P., Walmsley, I.A. (eds) Ultrafast Optics IV. Springer Series in OPTICAL SCIENCES, vol 95. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34756-1_45
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