Temporal feedback control of high-intensity laser pulses to optimize ultrafast heating of atomic clusters

M. J.V. Streeter; S. J.D. Dann; J. D.E. Scott; C. D. Baird; C. D. Murphy; S. Eardley; R. A. Smith; S. Rozario; J. N. Gruse; S. P.D. Mangles; Z. Najmudin; S. Tata; M. Krishnamurthy; S. V. Rahul; D. Hazra; P. Pourmoussavi; J. Osterhoff; J. Hah; N. Bourgeois; C. Thornton; C. D. Gregory; C. J. Hooker; O. Chekhlov; S. J. Hawkes; B. Parry; V. A. Marshall; Y. Tang; E. Springate; P. P. Rajeev; A. G.R. Thomas; D. R. Symes

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Temporal feedback control of high-intensity laser pulses to optimize ultrafast heating of atomic clusters

M. J.V. Streeter, S. J.D. Dann, J. D.E. Scott, C. D. Baird, C. D. Murphy, S. Eardley, R. A. Smith, S. Rozario, J. N. Gruse, S. P.D. Mangles, Z. Najmudin, S. Tata, M. Krishnamurthy, S. V. Rahul, D. Hazra, P. Pourmoussavi, J. Osterhoff, J. Hah, N. Bourgeois, C. ThorntonC. D. Gregory, C. J. Hooker, O. Chekhlov, S. J. Hawkes, B. Parry, V. A. Marshall, Y. Tang, E. Springate, P. P. Rajeev, A. G.R. Thomas, D. R. Symes

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We describe how active feedback routines can be applied at a limited repetition rate (5 Hz) to optimize high-power (> 10 TW) laser interactions with clustered gases. Optimization of x-ray production from an argon cluster jet, using a genetic algorithm, approximately doubled the measured energy through temporal modification of the 150 mJ driving laser pulse. This approach achieved an increased radiation yield through exploration of a multi-dimensional parameter space, without requiring detailed a priori knowledge of the complex cluster dynamics. The optimized laser pulses exhibited a slow rising edge to the intensity profile, which enhanced the laser energy coupling into the cluster medium, compared to the optimally compressed FWHM pulse (40 fs). Our work suggests that this technique can be more widely utilized for control of intense pulsed secondary radiation from petawatt-class laser systems.

Original language	English
Article number	244101
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	112
Issue number	24
Early online date	13 Jun 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5027297
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 13 Jun 2018

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Streeter, M. J. V., Dann, S. J. D., Scott, J. D. E., Baird, C. D., Murphy, C. D., Eardley, S., Smith, R. A., Rozario, S., Gruse, J. N., Mangles, S. P. D., Najmudin, Z., Tata, S., Krishnamurthy, M., Rahul, S. V., Hazra, D., Pourmoussavi, P., Osterhoff, J., Hah, J., Bourgeois, N., ... Symes, D. R. (2018). Temporal feedback control of high-intensity laser pulses to optimize ultrafast heating of atomic clusters. Applied Physics Letters, 112(24), Article 244101. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5027297

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Temporal feedback control of high-intensity laser pulses to optimize ultrafast heating of atomic clusters

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