Ultra High Contrast Pulses with a Double Plasma Mirror

3 Ultra High Contrast Pulses with a Double Plasma Mirror 

The position of the focal spot between the two PMs can be varied using an external motorized stage. After reflection on each PM, the beam is collimated by a second identical off-axis parabola and sent as a parallel beam in the experimental chamber. The entire setup is maintained under clean vacuum down to at least 10 6 mbar. 

The DPM was revealed to be a very robust device and is now routinely used for most of the experiments carried out on the UHI 10 TW laser chain involving ion acceleration as well as high order harmonics generation from solid targets [62], 

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