Generation and application of high-contrast laser pulses using plasma mirror in the SULF-1PW beamline

Cheng Jiang; Zongxin Zhang; Hao Dong; Zhiyong Shi; Jianzhi He; Shufa Hao; Fengyu Sun; Jiayan Gui; Jiayi Qian; Jiacheng Zhu; Wenpeng Wang; Yi Xu; Xiaoyan Liang; Yuxin Leng; Ruxin Li

doi:10.3788/COL202321.043802

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 4, 043802(2023)

Generation and application of high-contrast laser pulses using plasma mirror in the SULF-1PW beamline

Cheng Jiang¹, Zongxin Zhang¹, Hao Dong^1,2, Zhiyong Shi¹, Jianzhi He^1,2,3, Shufa Hao^1,2,3, Fengyu Sun^1,2,3, Jiayan Gui¹, Jiayi Qian¹, Jiacheng Zhu¹, Wenpeng Wang^1、*, Yi Xu^1、**, Xiaoyan Liang¹, Yuxin Leng^1、***, and Ruxin Li^1,3

Author Affiliations

¹State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

²University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

³School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China

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