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most citedSpatio-temporal structure of a Petawatt femtosecond laser beam

54 citations · 54 across the 1 of their papers we have counts for

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physics.optics2020

Focused fields of ultrashort radially-polarized laser pulses having low-order spatio-temporal couplings

Spencer W. Jolly

We present a detailed study of the fields and propagation characteristics around the focus of ultrashort radially-polarized laser beams (RPLBs) having low-order spatio-temporal cou…

physics.optics2020

Spatio-temporal characterization of ultrashort laser beams: a tutorial

Spencer W. Jolly, Olivier Gobert, Fabien Quéré

The temporal characterization of ultrafast laser pulses has become a cornerstone capability of ultrafast optics laboratories and is routine both for optimizing laser pulse duration…

physics.optics2019

On the importance of frequency-dependent beam parameters for vacuum acceleration with few-cycle radially-polarized laser beams

Spencer W. Jolly

Tightly-focused, ultrashort radially-polarized laser beams have a large longitudinal field, which provides a strong motivation for direct particle acceleration and manipulation in…

physics.optics201954 cited

Spatio-temporal structure of a Petawatt femtosecond laser beam

Antoine Jeandet, Antonin Borot, Kei Nakamura +6

The development of optical metrology suited to ultrafast lasers has played a key role in the progress of these light sources in the last few decades. Measurement techniques providi…

physics.optics2018

Influence of longitudinal chromatism on vacuum acceleration by intense radially polarized laser beams

Spencer W. Jolly

We report with single particle simulations that longitudinal chromatism, a commonly occuring spatio-temporal coupling in ultrashort laser pulses, can have a significant influence i…

physics.optics2018

Spectral Phase Control of Interfering Chirped Pulses for High-Energy Narrowband Terahertz Generation

Spencer W. Jolly, Nicholas H. Matlis, Frederike Ahr +7

Highly-efficient optical generation of narrowband terahertz (THz) radiation enables unexplored technologies and sciences from compact electron acceleration to charge manipulation i…