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Shortening a laser pulse at the focus of a lens
Yuelin LiAccelerator Systems DivisionArgonne National [email protected]
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Content Introduction
– Pulse lengthening at lens focus Fourier formulation of the problem
– Axial temporal history
– Pulse shortening due to GVDE and SPM
– Numerical simulation Experiment outlook Summary
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Content Introduction
– Pulse lengthening at lens focus Fourier formulation of the problem
– Axial temporal history
– Pulse shortening due to GVD
– Numerical simulation Experiment outlook Summary
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Pulse lengthening due to Group Velocity Delay
Z. Bor, Opt. Lett. 15, 119 (1989)
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Content Introduction
– Pulse lengthening at lens focus Fourier formulation of the problem
– Axial temporal profile
– Pulse shortening due to GVD, with SPM
– Numerical simulation Experiment outlook Summary
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Formula of the problem: Fourier optics
Full wave optics (Fresnel diffraction) adapted from Kempe et al. (JOSA B 9, 1158 (1992))
Group velocity dispersion and group velocity delay effect considered up to the second order
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On axis formula
),()(2)( rrdrAU
2
22
exp
)1(2)(exp
2exp),(
TTjk
fn
rkkjr
f
kjdjkr al
al
U: field in frequency domain representation at the focus f : is the focal length r: ray location Kl, ka: wave vectors in the lens and air,n: refractive index in the lens. A(): input filed (homogeneous) in the frequency domain. , Lens transfer function
r
rdratu 2)(
Inverse Fourier transform
a=a(t)=F-1A() and =(r,t)=F-1(r,)
Field at focus, on axis
.2
11,,
)1(2)(
2
22
d
nd
d
dn
fn
rdrT
df
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Pulse with no SPM
For a=a0exp(-2ln2t2/2), no SPM,
,)(tanexp)1(
)1(2ln2exp
1
12)( 1
22
2
4/120
jjTkt
rdratu
=4kT/2.
.2
11,,
)1(2)(
2
22
d
nd
d
dn
fn
rdrT
Chirping and broadening due to Group Velocity DIspersion (GVDI)
Relative delay between pulse slices due to Group Velocity DElay (GVDE)
GVDE and GVDI have both been studied.
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Max phase modulation, over lens of thickness d:
.2ln4expexp2ln2exp)(
2
2
2
2
0
Tkt
jTkt
rdratu
2
2
2
2
0 2ln4expexp2ln2exp),(t
jt
atra
Pulse with SPM
Assume smaller bandwidth and d2/dn2=0,
=4kT/2.
.2
11,,
)1(2)(
2
22
d
nd
d
dn
fn
rdrT
Delay due to GVDE
Case not been studied.
Tkttr ),(
Interference due to GVDE
dakn 202
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Pulse shortening at the focus
-2 -1 0 1 2
0.0
0.5
1.0
-2 -1 0 1 2
0
4
8
12
(a)
r (m
m)
(c)
|u|2 (
a.u
.)
t (ps)
(b)
-1
-0.5
0
0.5
1
(d)
t (ps)
Li and Crowell, Opt. Lett. 32, 92 (2007).
The real part of the complex field arriving at the focus as a function of time and radius for =T/d (a) and =1 (b), and the corresponding intensity of the integrated field (solid) and the input pulse (dashed) as a function of time for the same cases [(c) and (d)]. The FWHM of the pulse is shortened from 1 ps to 210 fs (c) and 200 fs (d), a reduction by a factor of 5. The calculation assumes an f=150 mm lens with R=12 mm and d=5 mm. The pulse wavelength is 0.249 nm with =15 at laser intensity of 5×1011 W/cm2.
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Parameter f/i
0 20 40 600.0
0.5
1.0
0 20 40 600.0
0.5
1.0
(rad)
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
R
NAfn
R2
)1(2
2
dakn 202
Max GVDE to pulse duration ratio
Max phase modulation
=2
=3
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Numerical simulation
-2 -1 0 1 2-0.6
-0.3
0.0
0.3
0.6
(a)
t (ps)
z (
mm
)
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.9
1.1
0
2
4
(b)
r (m
)
-2 -1 0 1 20
2
4
(c)
t (ps)
Li and Crowell, Opt. Lett. 32, 92 (2007).
On-axis laser pulse envelope as a function of the defocusing distance; the intensity as a function
of time and radius for a pulse without (b) and with the SPM effect (c).
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Content Introduction
– Pulse lengthening at lens focus Fourier formulation of the problem
– Axial temporal history
– Pulse shortening due to GVD
– Numerical simulation Experiment outlook Summary
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An envisaged experiment
C
AL
ZSL
SF
PP
D
ODL
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Summary
Pulse shortening demonstrated in simulation, up to 5 time shortening observed
Potential for few cycle pulse generation with simpler setup
