New Method to Measure the Rise Time of a Fast Pulse Slicer for Laser Ion Acceleration Research

• Published in: IEEE transactions on plasma science 2008-08, Vol.36 (4), p.1872-1877
• Main Authors: Mori, M., Yogo, A., Kiriyama, H., Nishiuchi, M., Ogura, K., Orimo, S., Jinglong Ma, Sagisaka, A., Kanazawa, S., Kondo, S., Nakai, Y., Akutsu, A., Yamamoto, Y., Shimomura, T., Tanoue, M., Nakamura, S., Shirai, T., Iwashita, Y., Noda, A., Oishi, Y., Nayuki, T., Fujii, T., Nemoto, K., Il Woo Choi, Tae Jun Yu, Do-Kyeong Ko, Jongmin Lee, Daido, H., Esirkepov, T., Bulanov, S.V., Bolton, P.R., Kimura, T.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Acceleration; Accelerometers; Amplification; Charged-particle beams; Communication, education, history, and philosophy; Correlation; Electromagnetism; electron and ion optics; Electrooptics; Exact sciences and technology; Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications); Intense laser; ion beam; Ions; Kinetic energy; Laser beam cutting; Laser-driven acceleration; Laser-plasma acceleration of electrons and ions; laser-plasma interaction; Laser-plasma interactions; Lasers; Lasers and electrooptics; Measurement techniques; Methods; Optical pulses; Particle accelerators; Physics; Physics literature and publications; Physics of gases, plasmas and electric discharges; Physics of plasmas and electric discharges; plasma accelerator; proton accelerators; Protons; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Spectra; Spontaneous emission; Time measurement
• ISSN: 0093-3813; 1939-9375
• DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.2000886

A dependence of cutoff proton kinetic energy on laser prepulse duration has been observed. Amplified spontaneous emission pedestal duration is controlled by a fast electrooptic pulse slicer where the rise time is estimated to be 130 ps. We demonstrate a new correlated spectral technique for determining this rise time using a stretched frequency-chirped pulse.