{"title":"Pulse contrast enhancement of ultra-high-power femtosecond laser pulses","authors":"D. Hamoelle, A. Gaeta","doi":"10.1109/QELS.2003.238567","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We determine the conditions under which desirable nonlinear processes such as nonlinear ellipse rotation can be exploited in bulk media at powers that are many times above critical power of self-focusing. Application of this scheme to pulse-contrast enhancement of ultra-high-power laser pulses is explored.","PeriodicalId":20418,"journal":{"name":"Postconference Digest Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS.","volume":"37 1","pages":"2 pp.-"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2003-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Postconference Digest Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS.","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QELS.2003.238567","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We determine the conditions under which desirable nonlinear processes such as nonlinear ellipse rotation can be exploited in bulk media at powers that are many times above critical power of self-focusing. Application of this scheme to pulse-contrast enhancement of ultra-high-power laser pulses is explored.