Compact, folded multi-pass cells for energy scaling of post-compression

Arthur Schönberg; Supriya Rajhans; Esmerando Escoto; Nikita Khodakovskiy; Victor Hariton; Bonaventura Farace; Kristjan Põder; Ann-Kathrin Raab; Saga Westerberg; Mekan Merdanov; Anne-Lise Viotti; Cord L. Arnold; Wim P. Leemans; Ingmar Hartl; Christoph M. Heyl

doi:10.1364/PRJ.540977

Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 3, 761(2025)

Compact, folded multi-pass cells for energy scaling of post-compression

Arthur Schönberg^1、*, Supriya Rajhans^1,2, Esmerando Escoto¹, Nikita Khodakovskiy¹, Victor Hariton¹, Bonaventura Farace¹, Kristjan Põder¹, Ann-Kathrin Raab³, Saga Westerberg³, Mekan Merdanov³, Anne-Lise Viotti³, Cord L. Arnold³, Wim P. Leemans¹, Ingmar Hartl¹, and Christoph M. Heyl^1,4,5

Author Affiliations

¹Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany

²Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany

³Department of Physics, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden

⁴GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany

⁵Helmholtz-Institut Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany

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Paper Information

Category: Ultrafast Optics

Received: Sep. 3, 2024

Accepted: Jan. 8, 2025

Published Online: Mar. 3, 2025

The Author Email: Arthur Schönberg (arthur.schoenberg@desy.de)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.540977

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