2 papers
physics.optics2026
Experimental Scaling of Diffraction Efficiency in Laser-Induced Plasma Gratings
M. M. Wang, V. M. Perez-Ramirez, N. M. Fasano +8
We demonstrate efficient diffraction of intense ultrashort laser pulses using optical-field-ionization-induced plasma-neutral gratings formed by spatially structured ionization of…
physics.optics2024
Greater than five-order-of-magnitude post-compression temporal contrast improvement with an ionization plasma grating
Matthew R. Edwards, Nicholas M. Fasano, Andreas M. Giakas +7
High-intensity lasers require suppression of prepulses and other non-ideal temporal structure to avoid target disruption before the arrival of the main pulse. To address this, we d…