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Applied Physics Letters / Volume 96 / Issue 1 / LASERS, OPTICS, AND OPTOELECTRONICS

Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 011109 (2010); doi:10.1063/1.3279139 (3 pages)

Ultrafast gated imaging of laser produced plasmas using the optical Kerr effect

D. R. Symes1, U. Wegner1, H.-C. Ahlswede1, M. J. V. Streeter1, P. L. Gallegos1, E. J. Divall1, R. A. Smith2, P. P. Rajeev1, and D. Neely1

1Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
2Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom

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(Received 6 November 2009; accepted 5 December 2009; published online 7 January 2010)

Optical imaging is a versatile diagnostic for investigations of plasmas generated under intense laser irradiation. Electro-optic gating techniques operating on the >100 ps timescale are commonly used to reduce the amount of light detected from self-emission of hot plasma or improve the temporal resolution of the detector. The use of an optical Kerr gate enables a superior dynamic range and temporal resolution compared to electronically gated devices. The application of this method for enhanced imaging of laser produced plasmas with gate time ∼ 100 fs is demonstrated, and the possibility to produce a sub-10 fs, high dynamic range “all optical” streak camera is discussed.

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Keywords

high-speed optical techniques, optical Kerr effect, plasma diagnostics, streak cameras

PACS

  • 52.70.Kz

    Optical (ultraviolet, visible, infrared) measurements

  • 06.60.Jn

    High-speed techniques (microsecond to femtosecond)

  • 42.65.Jx

    Beam trapping, self-focusing and defocusing; self-phase modulation

  • 42.65.Re

    Ultrafast processes; optical pulse generation and pulse compression

  • 52.25.Os

    Emission, absorption, and scattering of electromagnetic radiation

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