Development of a super-clean ultra-intense petawatt laser by controlling non-linear coupling effect

• Project/Area Number: 20H01882
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 14010:Fundamental plasma-related
• Research Institution: National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology
• Principal Investigator: Kiriyama Hiromitsu 国立研究開発法人量子科学技術研究開発機構, 関西光科学研究所 光量子科学研究部, グループリーダー (40354972)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 宮坂 泰弘 国立研究開発法人量子科学技術研究開発機構, 関西光科学研究所 光量子科学研究部, 主任研究員 (20761464) ; 匂坂 明人 国立研究開発法人量子科学技術研究開発機構, 関西光科学研究所 光量子科学研究部, 主幹研究員(定常) (20354970)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
• Budget Amount: ¥17,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,050,000); Fiscal Year 2022: ¥6,760,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,560,000); Fiscal Year 2021: ¥6,890,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,590,000); Fiscal Year 2020: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
• Keywords: レーザー / 超高強度レーザー

Outline of Research at the Start

超高強度ペタワットレーザーと物質との相互作用研究は、10^22 W/cm2という未踏の領域で行われようとしている。しかし、出力パルスの時間構造において、超高強度レーザー主パルスに先立って強度の低いプリパルスが存在する。このような超高強度下では、プリパルスの強度も大きいため、プリパルスがターゲットを破壊する等極めて大きな問題となっている。最近、主パルスと時間的に遅いポストパルスの相互作用で生じる非線形結合効果により、時間的に早いプリパルスが発生するという興味深いことが指摘された。本研究では、この非線形結合効果の理解・制御し、プリパルスのないスーパークリーンレーザーの実証を行う。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Laser-matter interaction experiments at ultra-intense petawatt (PW=15th power of 10 W) lasers are being studied in the unexplored area of 10 to the 22nd power W per square centimeter. However, in the time structure of the output laser pulse, there are some pre-pulses before the ultra-intense laser main pulse. Under such ultra-high intensities, the intensity of the pre-pulse is also high, which is an extremely serious problem, as the pre-pulse destroys the target. We have experimentally understood and controlled the novel non-linear coupling effect where the post-pulse generates the pre-pulse, and demonstrated a super-clean ultra-intense laser without a pre-pulse for the first time.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

超高強度レーザー主パルスに付随するプリパルスの発生原因を理解・解明し、制御・抑制することにより、未踏領域の超高強度、超高圧、超高密度等の極限状態の下で初めて発現する物理現象の解明が飛躍的に進展することで、学術的に大きく貢献できる。
このようなスーパークリーン超高強度レーザーが実現すれば、レーザー粒子加速研究が急激に進展する。基礎基盤技術では、ビッグサイエンスで必要とされる超大型加速器の小型化、基礎科学では、レーザーイオン加速技術を用いた宇宙の起源解明に資する原子核研究、安全検査技術では、小型加速器を用いた可搬型X線源や中性子源によるインフラ検査技術等にイノベーションをもたらすと期待される。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Fundamentals of High-Power Lasers (2023)
  • Author(s): 桐山博光
  • Journal Title: Journal of the Particle Accelerator Society of Japan Volume: 19 Issue: 4 Pages: 177-186
  • DOI: 10.50868/pasj.19.4_177
  • ISSN: 1349-3833, 2436-1488
  • Year and Date: 2023-01-31
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Precise pointing control of high-energy electron beam from laser wakefield acceleration using an aperture (2023)
  • Author(s): Nakanii Nobuhiko、Huang Kai、Kondo Kotaro、Kiriyama Hiromitsu、Kando Masaki
  • Journal Title: Applied Physics Express Volume: 16 Issue: 2 Pages: 026001-026001
  • DOI: 10.35848/1882-0786/acb892
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Enhanced ion acceleration from transparency-driven foils demonstrated at two ultraintense laser facilities (2023)
  • Author(s): N. P. Dover, T. Ziegler, S. Assenbaum, C. Bernert, F. Brack, S. Bock, T. E. Cowan, E. J. Ditter, M. Garten, L. Gaus, I. Goethel, G. S. Hicks, H. Kiriyama, M. Nishiuchi, et al.
  • Journal Title: Light: Science & Applications Volume: 12 Issue: 1 Pages: 71-71
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41377-023-01083-9
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Enhanced diagnostics of radiating relativistic singularities and BISER by nonlinear post-compression of optical probe pulse (2022)
  • Author(s): A. V. Kotov, T. Zh. Esirkepov, A. A. Soloviev, Sagisaka, K. Ogura, A. Bierwage, M. Kando, H. Kiriyama, M. V. Starodubtsev, A. Khazanov, Yu. Mironov, and A. S. Pirozhkov
  • Journal Title: Journal of Instrumentation Volume: 17 Issue: 07 Pages: P07035-P07035
  • DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/17/07/p07035
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Characterization of the plasma mirror system at the J-KAREN-P facility (2022)
  • Author(s): A. Kon, M. Nishiuchi, Y. Fukuda, K. Kondo, K. Ogura, A. Sagisaka, Y. Miyasaka, N. P. Dover, M. Kando, A. S. Pirozhkov, I. Daito, L. Chang, Il W. Choi, C. Hee Nam, T. Ziegler, H.-P. Schlenvoigt, K. Zeil, U. Schramm, and H. Kiriyam
  • Journal Title: High Power Laser Science and Engineering Volume: 10 Pages: 25-25
  • DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2022.15
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Laser-driven multi-MeV high-purity proton acceleration via anisotropic ambipolar expansion of micron-scale hydrogen clusters (2022)
  • Author(s): S. Jinno, M. Kanasaki, T. Asai, R. Matsui, A. S. Pirozhkov, K. Ogura, A. Sagisaka, Y. Miyasaka, N. Nakanii, M. Kando, N. Kitagawa, K. Morishima, S. Kodaira, Y. Kishimoto, T. Yamauchi, M. Uesaka, H. Kiriyama, and Y. Fukuda
  • Journal Title: Scientific Reports Volume: 12 Issue: 1 Pages: 16753-16753
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-18710-x
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] J-KAREN-P ペタワットレーザーシステムとその利用研究のリモート化と自動化への取り組み (2022)
  • Author(s): 桐山 博光，眞柴 雄司，宮坂 泰弘，中新 信彦，近藤 康太郎，今 亮，福田 祐仁，西内 満美子
  • Journal Title: レーザー研究 Volume: 50 Pages: 678-682
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 超高強度レーザーによる量子ビーム科学 (2022)
  • Author(s): 桐山 博光，宮坂 泰弘，眞柴 雄司，中新 信彦，近藤 康太郎，今 亮，福田 祐仁，西内 満美子，ピロジコフ アレキサンダー，匂坂 明人，小倉 浩一，神門 正城
  • Journal Title: フォトニクスニュース Volume: 8 Pages: 4-9
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Robustness of large‐area suspended graphene under interaction with intense laser (2022)
  • Author(s): Y. Kuramitsu, T. Minami, T. Hihara, K. Sakai, T. Nishimoto, S. Isayama, Y.T. Liao, K.T. Wu, W.Y. Woon, S.H. Chen, Y.L. Liu, S.M. He, C Y. Su, M. Ota, S. Egashira, A. Morace, Y. Sakawa, H. Habara, R. Kodama, L.N.K. Dohl, N. Woolsey, M. Koenig, M. Kanasaki, T. Asai, T. Yamauchi, K. Oda, Ko. Kondo, H. Kiriyama, Y. Fukuda
  • Journal Title: Scientific Reports Volume: 12 Issue: 1 Pages: 2346-2346
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-06055-4
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Proton beam quality enhancement by spectral phase control of a PW-class laser system (2021)
  • Author(s): T. Ziegler, D. Albach, C. Bernert, S. Bock, F.-E. Brack, T. E. Cowan, N. P. Dover, M. Garten, L. Gaus, R. Gebhardt, I. Goethel, U. Helbig, A. Irman, H. Kiriyama, T. Kluge, A. Kon, S. Kraft, F. Kroll, M. Loeser, J. Metzkes-Ng, M. Nishiuchi, L. Obst-Huebl, T. Puschel
  • Journal Title: Scientific Reports Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Pages: 7338-7338
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-86547-x
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Discriminative detection of laser-accelerated multi-MeV carbon ions utilizing solid state nuclear track detectors (2021)
  • Author(s): Takamasa Hihara, Masato Kanasaki, Takafumi Asai, Tamon Kusumoto, Satoshi Kodaira, Hiromitsu Kiriyama, Keiji Oda, Tomoya Yamauchi, Wei‐Yen Woon, Yasuhiro Kuramitsu, Yuji Fukuda
  • Journal Title: Scientific Reports Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Pages: 16283-16283
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-92300-1
  • NAID: 120007140167
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Highly stable sub-nanosecond Nd:YAG pump laser for optically synchronized optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (2021)
  • Author(s): Y. Miyasaka, K. Kondo, M. Kishimoto, M. Mori, M. Kando and H. Kiriyama
  • Journal Title: Optics Express Volume: 29 Issue: 20 Pages: 32404-32411
  • DOI: 10.1364/oe.430953
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Enhancement of pre-pulse and picosecond pedestal contrast of the petawatt J-KAREN-P laser (2021)
  • Author(s): Hiromitsu Kiriyama; Yasuhiro Miyasaka; Akira Kon; Mamiko Nishiuchi; Akito Sagisaka; Hajime Sasao; Alexander S. Pirozhkov; Yuji Fukuda; Koichi Ogura; Kotaro Kondo; Nicholas P. Dover; and Masaki Kando
  • Journal Title: High Power Laser Science and Engineering Volume: 9
  • DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2021.51
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Analysis of Lyα dielectronic satellites to characterize temporal profile of intense femtosecond laser pulses (2021)
  • Author(s): S. N. Ryazantsev, I. Y. Skobelev, A. S. Martynenko, M. A. Alkhimova, M. D. Mishchenko, M. V. Sedov, T. A. Pikuz, Y. Fukuda, H. Kiriyama, A. S. Pirozhkov and S. A. Pikuz
  • Journal Title: Crystals Volume: 11 Issue: 2 Pages: 130-130
  • DOI: 10.3390/cryst11020130
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Petawatt Femtosecond Laser Pulses from Titanium-Doped Sapphire Crystal (2020)
  • Author(s): H. Kiriyama, A. S. Pirozhkov, M. Nishiuchi, Y. Fukuda, A. Sagisaka, A. Kon, Y. Miyasaka, K. Ogura, N. P. Dover, K. Kondo, H. Sakaki, J. K. Koga, T. Zh. Esirkepov, K. Huang, N. Nakanii, M. Kando, K. Kondo, S. Bock, T. Ziegler, T. Puschel, K. Zeil and U. Schramm
  • Journal Title: Crystals Volume: 10 Issue: 9 Pages: 783-783
  • DOI: 10.3390/cryst10090783
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Single-Shot Measurement of Post-Pulse-Generated Pre-Pulse in High-Power Laser Systems (2020)
  • Author(s): A. Kon, M. Nishiuchi, H. Kiriyama, M. Kando, S. Bock, T. Ziegler, T. Pueschel, K. Zeil, U. Schramm and K. Kondo
  • Journal Title: Crystals Volume: 10 Issue: 8 Pages: 657-657
  • DOI: 10.3390/cryst10080657
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Characterization of Accumulated B-Integral of Regenerative Amplifier Based CPA Systems (2020)
  • Author(s): S. Bock, F. M. Herrmann, T. Puschel, U. Helbig, R. Gebhardt, J. J. Lotfering, R. Pausch, K. Zeil, T. Ziegler, A. Irman, T. Oksenhendler, A. Kon, M. Nishuishi, H. Kiriyama, K. Kondo, T. Toncian and U. Schramm
  • Journal Title: Crystals Volume: 10 Issue: 9 Pages: 847-847
  • DOI: 10.3390/cryst10090847
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Dynamics of laser-driven heavy-ion acceleration clarified by ion charge states (2020)
  • Author(s): Nishiuchi M.、Dover N. P.、Hata M.、(略20名)、Sentoku Y.
  • Journal Title: Physical Review Research Volume: 2 Issue: 3 Pages: 033081-033081
  • DOI: 10.1103/physrevresearch.2.033081
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Demonstration of repetitive energetic proton generation by ultra-intense laser interaction with a tape target (2020)
  • Author(s): N. P. Dover, M. Nishiuchi, H. Sakaki, Ko. Kondo, M. A. Alkhimova, E. J. Ditter, O. C. Ettlinger, A. Ya. Faenov, M. Hata, G. S. Hicks, N. Iwata, H. Kiriyama, J. K. Koga, T. Miyahara, T. A. Pikuz, A. S. Pirozhkov, A. Sagisaka, U. Schramm, Y. Sentoku, Y. Watanabe, T. Ziegler, K. Zeil, and M. Kando
  • Journal Title: High Energy Density Physics Volume: 37 Pages: 100847-100847
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.hedp.2020.100847
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] High-thermal-conductivity SiC ceramic mirror for high-average-power laser system (2020)
  • Author(s): Y. Miyasaka, K. Kondo and H. Kiriyama
  • Journal Title: Crystals Volume: 10 Issue: 9 Pages: 831-831
  • DOI: 10.3390/cryst10090831
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] High-intensity laser-driven oxygen source from CW laser-heated titanium tape targets (2020)
  • Author(s): K. Kondo, M. Nishiuchi, H. Sakaki, N. P. Dover, H. F. Lowe, T. Miyahara, Y. Watanabe, T. Ziegler, K. Zeil, U. Schramm, E. J. Ditter, G. S. Hicks, O. C. Ettlinger, Z. Najmudin, H. Kiriyama, M. Kando and K. Kondo
  • Journal Title: Crystals Volume: 10 Issue: 9 Pages: 837-837
  • DOI: 10.3390/cryst10090837
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Investigation and Enhancement of Temporal Contrast of the Petawatt J-KAREN-P Laser (2023)
  • Author(s): H. Kiriyama, Y. Miyasaka, A. Kon, M. Nishiuchi, Y. Fukuda, A. Sagisaka, H. Sasao, A. S. Pirozhkov, K. Ogura, Ko. Kondo, N. P. Dover, L. Chang, N. Nakanii, Y. Mashiba, M. Kando, S. Bock, T. Ziegler, T. Puschel, H.-P. Schlenvoigt, K. Zeil, U. Schramm, I. W. Choi, and C. H. Nam
  • Organizer: IMPULSE workshop: standardization of metrology procedures for lasers and secondary sources (STAMPLASS 2023)
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Improvement in the temporal contrast of the petawatt J-KAREN-P laser (2022)
  • Author(s): H. Kiriyama, Y. Miyasaka, A. Kon, M. Nishiuchi, A. Sagisaka, H. Sasao, A. S. Pirohzkov, K. Ogura, K. Kondo, N. P. Dover, L. Chang, N. Nakanii, Y. Mashiba and M. Kando
  • Organizer: The 11th Advanced Lasers and Photon Sources (ALPS2022)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Improvement in fs pre-pulse and ps pedestal in the J-KAREN-P laser facility (2022)
  • Author(s): H. Kiriyama, Y. Miyasaka, A. Kon, M. Nishiuchi, A. Sagisaka, H. Sasao, A. S. Pirozhkov, Y. Fukuda, K. Ogura, Ko. Kondo, N. P. Dover, and M. Kando
  • Organizer: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Laser Science to Photonic Applications 2022
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Demonstration of pulse temporal quality improvement in femtosecond pre-pulse and picosecond pedestal in the J-KAREN-P laser (2022)
  • Author(s): H. Kiriyama, Y. Miyasaka, A. Kon, M. Nishiuchi, A. Sagisaka, H. Sasao, A. S. Pirozhkov, Y. Fukuda, K. Ogura, Ko. Kondo, N. P. Dover, L. Chang, N. Nakanii, Y. Mashiba, and M. Kando
  • Organizer: The 9th International Conference on Ultrahigh Intensity Lasers (ICUIL 2022)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] "J-KAREN-P” 高ビーム品質・超高ピークパワーレーザー (2022)
  • Author(s): 桐山博光
  • Organizer: 5th RIKEN-RAP and QST-KPSI Joint Seminar
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Status of the J-KAREN-P laser performance (2021)
  • Author(s): H. Kiriyama, A. S. Pirozhkov, M. Nishiuchi, Y. Fukuda, K. Ogura, A. Sagisaka, Y. Miyasaka, N. P. Dover, Ko. Kondo, H. F. Lowe, A. Kon, H. Sakaki, J. K. Koga, T. Zh. Esirkepov, K. Huang, M. Kando, and K. Kondo
  • Organizer: The 4th International Symposium on High Power Laser Science and Engineering (HPLSE 2021)
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Improvement of the temporal contrast of pre-pulses by post-pulses in a petawatt J-KAREN-P laser facility (2021)
  • Author(s): H. Kiriyama, Y. Miyasaka, A. Sagisaka, K. Ogura, M. Nishiuchi, A. Kon, A. S. Pirozhkov, Y. Fukuda, N. P. Dover, Ko. Kondo, M. Kando, K. Kondo, S. Bock, T. Ziegler, T. Puschel, K. Zeil, and U. Schramm
  • Organizer: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Laser Science to Photonic Applications 2021
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 超高強度レーザーの現状と今後 (2021)
  • Author(s): 桐山博光
  • Organizer: 第6回フォトニクスワークショップ「光が拓く科学技術の未来」
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 超高強度レーザーの世界 (2021)
  • Author(s): 桐山博光
  • Organizer: 2021 IEEE Photonics Society Kansai Chapter
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Suppression of pre-pulses by post-pulses at petawatt facility (2020)
  • Author(s): 桐山博光,宮坂泰弘,匂坂明人, 小倉浩一, 西内満美子, ピロジコフ・アレクサンダー, 福田祐仁, 今亮, 神門正城, 近藤公伯
  • Organizer: 光・量子ビーム科学合同シンポジウム2020
• [Remarks] 国立研究開発法人 量子科学技術研究開発機構 光量子科学研究部 先端レーザー技術開発Ｇ
  • URL: https://www.qst.go.jp/site/kansai-dapr/2658.html