Relativistic-intensity near-single-cycle light waveforms at kHz repetition rate

• 作者: Marie Ouillé Aline Vernier Frederik B?hle Ma?mouna Bocoum Aurélie Jullien Magali Lozano Jean-Philippe Rousseau Zhao Cheng Dominykas Gustas Andreas Blumenstein Peter Simon Stefan Haessler Jér?me Faure Tamas Nagy Rodrigo Lopez-Martens
• 来源期刊: 光：科学与应用（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（2）
• 所属期刊栏目: Original Articles
• 页码范围: 414-422
• 页数: 9页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

The development of ultra-intense and ultra-short light sources is currently a subject of intense research driven by the discovery of novel phenomena in the realm of relativistic optics, such as the production of ultrafast energetic particle and radiation beams for applications. It has been a long-standing challenge to unite two hitherto distinct classes of light sources:those achieving relativistic intensity and those with pulse durations approaching a single light cycle. While the former class traditionally involves large-scale amplification chains, the latter class places high demand on the spatiotemporal control of the electromagnetic laser field. Here, we present a light source producing waveform-controlled 1.5-cycle pulses with a 719 nm central wavelength that can be focused to relativistic intensity at a 1 kHz repetition rate based on nonlinear post-compression in a long hollow-core fiber. The unique capabilities of this source allow us to observe the first experimental indications of light waveform effects in laser wakefield acceleration of relativistic energy electrons.