Measurement of laser intensities approaching 1015 W/cm2 with an accuracy of 1%

M. G. Pullen; W. C. Wallace; D. E. Laban; A. J. Palmer; G. F. Hanne; A. N. Grum-Grzhimailo; K. Bartschat; I. Ivanov; A. Kheifets; D. Wells; H. M. Quiney; X. M. Tong; I. V. Litvinyuk; R. T. Sang; D. Kielpinski

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.87.053411

Measurement of laser intensities approaching 1015 W/cm2 with an accuracy of 1%

M. G. Pullen^*, W. C. Wallace, D. E. Laban, A. J. Palmer, G. F. Hanne, A. N. Grum-Grzhimailo, K. Bartschat, I. Ivanov, A. Kheifets, D. Wells, H. M. Quiney, X. M. Tong, I. V. Litvinyuk, R. T. Sang, D. Kielpinski

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Accurate knowledge of the intensity of focused ultrashort laser pulses is crucial to the correct interpretation of experimental results in strong-field physics. We have developed a technique to measure laser intensities approaching 1015W/cm2 with an accuracy of 1%. This accuracy is achieved by comparing experimental photoelectron yields from atomic hydrogen with predictions from exact numerical solutions of the three-dimensional time-dependent Schrödinger equation. Our method can be extended to relativistic intensities and to the use of other atomic species.

Original language	English
Article number	053411
Journal	Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume	87
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.87.053411
Publication status	Published - 22 May 2013

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Pullen, M. G., Wallace, W. C., Laban, D. E., Palmer, A. J., Hanne, G. F., Grum-Grzhimailo, A. N., Bartschat, K., Ivanov, I., Kheifets, A., Wells, D., Quiney, H. M., Tong, X. M., Litvinyuk, I. V., Sang, R. T., & Kielpinski, D. (2013). Measurement of laser intensities approaching 1015 W/cm2 with an accuracy of 1%. Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 87(5), Article 053411. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.87.053411

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