Abstract
Laser-plasma instabilities (LPIs) hinder the interaction of high-energy laser pulses with targets. Simulations show that broadband spectrally incoherent pulses can mitigate these instabilities. Optimizing laser operation and target interaction requires controlling the properties of these optical pulses. We demonstrate closed-loop control of the spectral density and pulse shape of nanosecond spectrally incoherent pulses after optical parametric amplification in the infrared (∼1053 nm) and sum-frequency generation to the ultraviolet (∼351 nm) using spectral and temporal modulation in the fiber front end. The high versatility of the demonstrated approaches can support the generation of high-energy, spectrally incoherent pulses by future laser facilities for improved LPI mitigation.
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