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7 papers

physics.optics2026

Ultrafast Pulse Retrieval from Partial FROG Traces Using Implicit Diffusion Models

Abhimanyu Borthakur, Jack Eden Hirschman, Sergio Carbajo

Ultrashort laser pulses enable attosecond-scale measurements and drive breakthroughs across science and technology, but their routine use hinges on reliable pulse characterization.…

physics.acc-ph2026

Advanced Control of Electron Beams: Tailoring X-ray Production with Programmable Laser Shaping

Jack Hirschman, Randy Lemons, Hao Zhang +23

Leveraging the full scientific capabilities of next-generation high-repetition-rate free-electron lasers requires programmable control over electron-beam properties at their source…

physics.optics2026

Physics-Guided Inverse Design of Optical Waveforms for Nonlinear Electromagnetic Dynamics

Hao Zhang, Jack Hirschman, Randy Lemons +7

Structured optical waveforms are emerging as powerful control fields for the next generation of complex photonic and electromagnetic systems, where the temporal structure of light…

physics.optics2026

Upstream Laser-based Longitudinal Enhancement of Relativistic Photoelectrons

Hao Zhang, Randy Lemons, Jack Hirschman +23

Controlling the longitudinal phase space of high-brightness relativistic electron beams is crucial for advancing a broad spectrum of charged-particle-based instrumentation and scie…

physics.optics2025

Structured Light at the Extreme: Harnessing Spatiotemporal Control for High-Field Laser-Matter Interactions

Sergio Carbajo, Seung-Whan Bahk, Justin Baker +19

This review charts the emerging paradigm of intelligent structured light for high-field laser-matter interactions, where the precise spatiotemporal and vectorial control of light i…

physics.optics2025

Deep Learning Assisted Modeling for Nonlinear Optics

Jack Hirschman, Erfan Abedi, Minyang Wang +6

Modeling second-order () nonlinear optical processes remains computationally expensive due to the need to resolve fast field oscillations and simulate wave propagation us…