Nonlinear optics at high intensity: Laser pulse compression Laser-plasma interaction

This mainly theoretical PhD thesis has been done in the framework of high-order harmonics generation on solid targets using 1mJ ultrashort laser pulses (2 optical cycles) at high repetition rate (1kHz), CEP-stabilized. On the one hand, in order to fully use the laser source, I developed a simulation code of hollow-core fiber propagation. The results of this code, associated with an experimental study, allowed to push the energy limitation of this compression technique. On the other hand, I used PIC simulation and I developed a simulation model of CWE in order to quantify its dependence to the laser and plasma parameters. This work first helped to explain the CWE spectrum changes with pulse CEP. Second, by comparing theoretical results with an experimental parametric study, it provided information about the plasma conditions such as density gradient and electronic temperature.

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Source https://pastel.hal.science/pastel-00677295
Author Malvache, Arnaud
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contributor Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée (LOA) ; École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA Paris) ; Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-École polytechnique (X) ; Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
creator Malvache, Arnaud
date 2011-12-12T00:00:00
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