Non-Common Path Error(NCPE) is one of the factors that limit an Adaptive Optics(AO)system from delivering ultra-high performance. To correct the NCPE associated static aberration, we propose a simple but robust and hi...Non-Common Path Error(NCPE) is one of the factors that limit an Adaptive Optics(AO)system from delivering ultra-high performance. To correct the NCPE associated static aberration, we propose a simple but robust and high-performance pupil-plane based wavefront measurement and correction technique, which can copy a single-mode fiber generated perfect wavefront to the AO system via an iteration optimization process, and the NCPE can be effectively corrected by directly commanding the Deformable Mirror(DM) of the AO system. Compared with the previous focal-plane based approach that uses focal plane based Point Spread Function(PSF) for correction evaluation, the pupil-plane based approach can be reliably and rapidly converged to a global optimization result and provides better performance, in particular for an AO system with a large initial static wavefront error. This technique we proposed can be implemented in astronomical AO systems where extremely high performance is required.展开更多
The process of high energy electron acceleration along the surface of grating targets(GTs)that were irradiated by a relativistic,high-contrast laser pulse at an intensity I=2.5×10^20 W/cm^2 was studied.Our experi...The process of high energy electron acceleration along the surface of grating targets(GTs)that were irradiated by a relativistic,high-contrast laser pulse at an intensity I=2.5×10^20 W/cm^2 was studied.Our experimental results demonstrate that for a GT with a periodicity twice the laser wavelength,the surface electron flux is more intense for a laser incidence angle that is larger compared to the resonance angle predicted by the linear model.An electron beam with a peak charge of∼2.7 nC/sr,for electrons with energies>1.5 MeV,was measured.Numerical simulations carried out with parameters similar to the experimental conditions also show an enhanced electron flux at higher incidence angles depending on the preplasma scale length.A theoretical model that includes ponderomotive effects with more realistic initial preplasma conditions suggests that the laser-driven intensity and preformed plasma scale length are important for the acceleration process.The predictions closely match the experimental and computational results.展开更多
文摘Non-Common Path Error(NCPE) is one of the factors that limit an Adaptive Optics(AO)system from delivering ultra-high performance. To correct the NCPE associated static aberration, we propose a simple but robust and high-performance pupil-plane based wavefront measurement and correction technique, which can copy a single-mode fiber generated perfect wavefront to the AO system via an iteration optimization process, and the NCPE can be effectively corrected by directly commanding the Deformable Mirror(DM) of the AO system. Compared with the previous focal-plane based approach that uses focal plane based Point Spread Function(PSF) for correction evaluation, the pupil-plane based approach can be reliably and rapidly converged to a global optimization result and provides better performance, in particular for an AO system with a large initial static wavefront error. This technique we proposed can be implemented in astronomical AO systems where extremely high performance is required.
基金Computational support and infrastructure were provided by the Centre for Information and Media Technology(ZIM)of the University of Dusseldorf(Germany).
文摘The process of high energy electron acceleration along the surface of grating targets(GTs)that were irradiated by a relativistic,high-contrast laser pulse at an intensity I=2.5×10^20 W/cm^2 was studied.Our experimental results demonstrate that for a GT with a periodicity twice the laser wavelength,the surface electron flux is more intense for a laser incidence angle that is larger compared to the resonance angle predicted by the linear model.An electron beam with a peak charge of∼2.7 nC/sr,for electrons with energies>1.5 MeV,was measured.Numerical simulations carried out with parameters similar to the experimental conditions also show an enhanced electron flux at higher incidence angles depending on the preplasma scale length.A theoretical model that includes ponderomotive effects with more realistic initial preplasma conditions suggests that the laser-driven intensity and preformed plasma scale length are important for the acceleration process.The predictions closely match the experimental and computational results.
