Single shot multi-time frame imaging of plasmas with a frequency tagged GHz pulse train
Justin Twardowski, Conrad Kuz, Mohamed Yaseen Noor, Andy Lee, Jason Leicht, Mikhail Slipchenko, Enam Chowdhury
公開日: 2025/9/22
Abstract
Studying plasma dynamics is crucial for understanding processes like inertial confinement fusion, material damage, and shockwave formation from intense laser or current interactions. While pump-probe methods are standard for capturing these dynamics, single-shot experiments using high-power, low-repetition-rate systems with custom targets are challenging. We present a novel imaging technique using a synchronized GHz-rate spectrally tagged probe laser to capture multiple time-resolved snapshots from a single pump event.