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Song H, Sheng Z, Zhao H, An X, Weng S, Chen M, Yu T, Zhang J. Spiral copropagation of two relativistic intense laser beams in a plasma channel. Phys Rev E 2023; 108:055202. [PMID: 38115536 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.108.055202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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The copropagation of two relativistic intense laser beams with orthogonal polarization in a parabolic plasma channel is studied analytically and numerically. A set of coupled equations for the evolution of the laser spot sizes and transverse centroids are derived by use of the variational approach. It is shown that the centroids of the two beams can spiral and oscillate around each other along the channel axis, where the characteristic frequency is determined both by the laser and plasma parameters. The results are verified by direct numerical solution of the relativistic nonlinear Schrödinger equations for the laser envelopes as well as three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. In the case with two ultrashort laser pulses when laser wakefields are excited, it is shown that the two wake bubbles driven by the laser pulses can spiral and oscillate around each other in a way similar to the two pulses. This can be well controlled by adjusting the incidence angle and separation distance between the two laser pulses. Preliminary studies show that externally injected electron beams can follow the trajectories of the oscillating bubbles. Our studies suggest a new way to control the coupling of two intense lasers in plasma for various applications, such as electron acceleration and radiation generation.
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- Huanyu Song
- Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MOE), School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA (CICIFSA), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MOE), School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA (CICIFSA), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MOE), School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA (CICIFSA), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MOE), School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA (CICIFSA), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MOE), School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA (CICIFSA), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MOE), School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA (CICIFSA), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Physics, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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- Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MOE), School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA (CICIFSA), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201210, China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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Moon Jeong T, Bulanov SV, Sasorov P, Hadjisolomou P. Propagation of intense electromagnetic pulse with a small conical phase shift induced by Axicon optics. Opt Express 2023; 31:21614-21625. [PMID: 37381255 DOI: 10.1364/oe.484968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023]
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The conical phase shift induced by the axicon generates a non-diffracting Bessel beam. In this paper, we examine the propagation property of an electromagnetic wave focused by a thin lens and axicon waveplate combination, which induces a small amount of conical phase shift less than one wavelength. A general expression describing the focused field distribution has been derived under the paraxial approximation. The conical phase shift breaks the axial symmetry of intensity and shows a focal spot-shaping capability by controlling the central intensity profile within a certain range near focus. The focal spot-shaping capability can be applied to form a concave or flattened intensity profile, which can be used to control the concavity of a double-sided relativistic flying mirror or to generate the spatially uniform and energetic laser-driven proton/ion beams for hadron therapy.
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Shi Y, Arefiev A, Hao JX, Zheng J. Efficient Generation of Axial Magnetic Field by Multiple Laser Beams with Twisted Pointing Directions. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 130:155101. [PMID: 37115879 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.155101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Strong laser-driven magnetic fields are crucial for high-energy-density physics and laboratory astrophysics research, but generation of axial multikilotesla fields remains a challenge. The difficulty comes from the inability of a conventional linearly polarized laser beam to induce the required azimuthal current or, equivalently, angular momentum (AM). We show that several laser beams can overcome this difficulty. Our three-dimensional kinetic simulations demonstrate that a twist in their pointing directions enables them to carry orbital AM and transfer it to the plasma, thus generating a hot electron population carrying AM needed to sustain the magnetic field. The resulting multikilotesla field occupies a volume that is tens of thousands of cubic microns and it persists on a picosecond timescale. The mechanism can be realized for a wide range of laser intensities and pulse durations. Our scheme is well suited for implementation using multikilojoule petawatt-class lasers, because, by design, they have multiple beamlets and because the scheme requires only linear polarization.
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- Yin Shi
- Department of Plasma Physics and Fusion Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Plasma Physics and Fusion Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Plasma Physics and Fusion Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, Peoples Republic of China
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Tan L, Yang Q, Chen H, Liu S. The Longitudinal Plasma Modes of κ-Deformed Kaniadakis Distributed Plasmas Carrying Orbital Angular Momentum. Entropy (Basel) 2022; 24:1211. [PMID: 36141096 PMCID: PMC9497733 DOI: 10.3390/e24091211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2022] [Revised: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Based on plasma kinetic theory, the dispersion and Landau damping of Langmuir and ion-acoustic waves carrying finite orbital angular momentum (OAM) were investigated in the κ-deformed Kaniadakis distributed plasma system. The results showed that the peculiarities of the investigated subjects relied on the deformation parameter κ and OAM parameter η. For both Langmuir and ion-acoustic waves, dispersion was enhanced with increased κ, while the Landau damping was suppressed. Conversely, both the dispersion and Landau damping were depressed by OAM. Moreover, the results coincided with the straight propagating plane waves in a Maxwellian plasma system when κ=0 and η→∞. It was expected that the present results would give more insight into the trapping and transportation of plasma particles and energy.
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Burger M, Murphy JM, Finney LA, Peskosky N, Nees JA, Krushelnick K, Jovanovic I. Iterative wavefront optimization of ultrafast laser beams carrying orbital angular momentum. Opt Express 2022; 30:26315-26323. [PMID: 36236826 DOI: 10.1364/oe.464063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Structured intense laser beams offer degrees of freedom that are highly attractive for high-field science applications. However, the performance of high-power laser beams in these applications is often hindered by deviations from the desired spatiotemporal profile. This study reports the wavefront optimization of ultrafast Laguerre-Gaussian beams through the synergy of adaptive optics and genetic algorithm-guided feedback. The results indicate that the intensity fluctuations along the perimeter of the target ring-shaped profile can be reduced up to ∼15%. Furthermore, the radius of the ring beam profile can be tailored to a certain extent by establishing threshold fitting criteria. The versatility of this approach is experimentally demonstrated in conjunction with different focusing geometries.
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Bliokh KY, Bliokh YP. Momentum, angular momentum, and spin of waves in an isotropic collisionless plasma. Phys Rev E 2022; 105:065208. [PMID: 35854583 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.105.065208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We examine the momentum and angular momentum (including spin) properties of linear waves, both longitudinal (Langmuir) and transverse (electromagnetic), in an isotropic nonrelativistic collisionless electron plasma. We focus on conserved quantities associated with the translational and rotational invariance of the wave fields with respect to the homogeneous medium; these are sometimes called pseudomomenta. There are two types of the momentum and angular momentum densities: (i) the kinetic ones associated with the energy flux density and the symmetrized (Belinfante) energy-momentum tensor and (ii) the canonical ones associated with the conserved Noether currents and canonical energy-momentum tensor. We find that the canonical momentum and spin densities of Langmuir waves are similar to those of sound waves in fluids or gases; they are naturally expressed via the electron velocity field. In turn, the momentum and spin densities of electromagnetic waves can be written either in the forms known for free-space electromagnetic fields, involving only the electric field, or in the dual-symmetric forms involving both electric and magnetic fields, as well as the effective permittivity of plasma. We derive these properties both within the phenomenological macroscopic approach and microscopic Lagrangian field theory for the coupled electromagnetic fields and electrons. Finally, we explore implications of the canonical momentum and spin densities in transport and electrodynamic phenomena: the Stokes drift, the wave-induced magnetization (inverse Faraday effect), etc.
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- Konstantin Y Bliokh
- Theoretical Quantum Physics Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Physics Department, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 320003, Israel
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Mendonça JT, Willim C, Vieira J. Twisted Waves near a Plasma Cutoff. Symmetry (Basel) 2022; 14:146. [DOI: 10.3390/sym14010146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This work considers twisted wave propagation in inhomogeneous and unmagnetised plasma, and discusses the wave properties in the cutoff region. The qualitative differences between twisted waves described by a single Laguerre–Gauss (LG) mode, and light springs resulting from the superposition of two or more LG modes with different frequency and helicity are studied. The peculiar properties displayed by these waves in the nonuniform plasma are discussed. The pulse envelope of a light-spring shows a contraction at reflection, which resembles that of a compressed mechanical spring. The case of normal incidence is examined, and nonlinear ponderomotive effects are discussed, using theory and simulations.
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Shi Y, Blackman D, Stutman D, Arefiev A. Generation of Ultrarelativistic Monoenergetic Electron Bunches via a Synergistic Interaction of Longitudinal Electric and Magnetic Fields of a Twisted Laser. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 126:234801. [PMID: 34170174 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.234801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 11/01/2020] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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We use 3D simulations to demonstrate that high-quality ultrarelativistic electron bunches can be generated on reflection of a twisted laser beam off a plasma mirror. The unique topology of the beam with a twist index |l|=1 creates an accelerating structure dominated by longitudinal laser electric and magnetic fields in the near-axis region. We show that the magnetic field is essential for creating a train of dense monoenergetic bunches. For a 6.8 PW laser, the energy reaches 1.6 GeV with a spread of 5.5%. The bunch duration is 320 as, its charge is 60 pC, and density is ∼10^{27} m^{-3}. The results are confirmed by an analytical model for the electron energy gain. These results enable development of novel laser-driven accelerators at multi-PW laser facilities.
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- Yin Shi
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Jinzhai Road 96, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP)/Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, 077125 Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Yi L. High-Harmonic Generation and Spin-Orbit Interaction of Light in a Relativistic Oscillating Window. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 126:134801. [PMID: 33861098 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.134801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Revised: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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When a high power laser beam irradiates a small aperture on a solid foil target, the strong laser field drives surface plasma oscillation at the periphery of this aperture, which acts as a "relativistic oscillating window." The diffracted light that travels though such an aperture contains high-harmonics of the fundamental laser frequency. When the driving laser beam is circularly polarized, the high-harmonic generation (HHG) process facilitates a conversion of the spin angular momentum of the fundamental light into the intrinsic orbital angular momentum of the harmonics. By means of theoretical modeling and fully 3D particle-in-cell simulations, it is shown the harmonic beams of order n are optical vortices with topological charge |l|=n-1, and a power-law spectrum I_{n}∝n^{-3.5} is produced for sufficiently intense laser beams, where I_{n} is the intensity of the nth harmonic. This work opens up a new realm of possibilities for producing intense extreme ultraviolet vortices, and diffraction-based HHG studies at relativistic intensities.
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- Longqing Yi
- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Li Z, Bai Y, Tian Y. Generation of electromagnetic solitons with angular momentum. Opt Lett 2021; 46:336-339. [PMID: 33449022 DOI: 10.1364/ol.414087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The optical vortex has been widely studied owing to its specific characteristics such as the orbital angular momentum, hollow intensity distribution, and topological charge. We report the generation of electromagnetic solitons with angular momentum and the conversion of angular momentum via a circularly polarized (CP) laser and underdense plasma interactions on the basis of three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. We find that when a CP laser is incident into the underdense plasma, a longitudinal current will be induced off the laser axis, which is critical for the angular momentum conversion. This novel, to the best of our knowledge, regime will allow potential applications such as optical control and electron manipulation.
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Blackman DR, Nuter R, Korneev P, Tikhonchuk VT. Nonlinear Landau damping of plasma waves with orbital angular momentum. Phys Rev E 2020; 102:033208. [PMID: 33076035 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.102.033208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We present, using three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations, an observation that orbital angular momentum (OAM) is transferred to resonant electrons proportionally to longitudinal momentum when Laguerre-Gaussian plasma waves are subjected to Landau damping. A higher azimuthal mode number leads to a larger net orbital angular momentum transfer to particles traveling close to the phase velocity of the plasma wave, implying a population of electrons that are orbiting the same center of rotation as the plasma wave. This observation has implications on magnetic field excitation as a result of the formation and damping of OAM plasma waves. The energy distributions of electrons in damping Laguerre-Gaussian plasma waves are significantly changed as a function of azimuthal mode number. This leads to larger numbers of lower energy particles tending towards a significant narrowing of the energy distribution of accelerated particles.
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- D R Blackman
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0411, USA.,CELIA, University of Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, 33405 Talence, France
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- CELIA, University of Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, 33405 Talence, France
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- National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI" (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, 115409 Russia.,P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- CELIA, University of Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, 33405 Talence, France.,ELI-Beamlines, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, 25241 Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic
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Wang WP, Jiang C, Dong H, Lu XM, Li JF, Xu RJ, Sun YJ, Yu LH, Guo Z, Liang XY, Leng YX, Li RX, Xu ZZ. Hollow Plasma Acceleration Driven by a Relativistic Reflected Hollow Laser. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 125:034801. [PMID: 32745390 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.034801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Revised: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In order to address the present difficulty in experimentally generating the relativistic Laguerre-Gaussian laser, primarily due to damage caused to optical modulators, a high-reflectivity phase mirror is applied in the femtosecond petawatt laser system to generate a relativistic hollow laser at the highest intensity of 6.3×10^{19} W/cm^{2} for the first time. A simple optical model is used to verify that the vortex laser may be generated in this new scheme; using such a relativistic vortex laser, the hollow plasma drill and acceleration are achieved experimentally and proven by particle-in-cell simulations. With the development of the petawatt laser, this scheme opens up possibilities for the convenient production of the relativistic hollow laser at high repetition and possible hollow plasma acceleration, which is important for a wide range of applications such as the generation of radiation sources with orbital angular momentum, fast ignition for inertial confinement fusion, and jet research in the astrophysical environment.
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- W P Wang
- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 201800, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 201800, China
- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 201800, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 201800, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 201800, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 201800, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 201800, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 201800, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 201800, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 201800, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 201800, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 201800, China
- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 201800, China
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Longman A, Fedosejevs R. Optimal Laguerre-Gaussian modes for high-intensity optical vortices. J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis 2020; 37:841-848. [PMID: 32400719 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.389031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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With increasing interest in using orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes in high-power laser systems, accurate mathematical descriptions of the high-intensity modes at focus are required for realistic modeling. In this work, we derive various high-intensity orbital angular momentum focal spot intensity distributions generated by Gaussian, super-Gaussian, and ideal flat-top beams common to high-power laser systems. These intensity distributions are then approximated using fitted Laguerre-Gaussian basis functions as a practical way for describing high-power OAM beams in theoretical and numerical models.
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Duff MJ, Wilson R, King M, Gonzalez-Izquierdo B, Higginson A, Williamson SDR, Davidson ZE, Capdessus R, Booth N, Hawkes S, Neely D, Gray RJ, McKenna P. High order mode structure of intense light fields generated via a laser-driven relativistic plasma aperture. Sci Rep 2020; 10:105. [PMID: 31919383 PMCID: PMC6952361 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-57119-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The spatio-temporal and polarisation properties of intense light is important in wide-ranging topics at the forefront of extreme light-matter interactions, including ultrafast laser-driven particle acceleration, attosecond pulse generation, plasma photonics, high-field physics and laboratory astrophysics. Here, we experimentally demonstrate modifications to the polarisation and temporal properties of intense light measured at the rear of an ultrathin target foil irradiated by a relativistically intense laser pulse. The changes are shown to result from a superposition of coherent radiation, generated by a directly accelerated bipolar electron distribution, and the light transmitted due to the onset of relativistic self-induced transparency. Simulations show that the generated light has a high-order transverse electromagnetic mode structure in both the first and second laser harmonics that can evolve on intra-pulse time-scales. The mode structure and polarisation state vary with the interaction parameters, opening up the possibility of developing this approach to achieve dynamic control of structured light fields at ultrahigh intensities.
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- M J Duff
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0NG, UK
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- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0NG, UK
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- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0NG, UK
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- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0NG, UK
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- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0NG, UK
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- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0NG, UK
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- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0NG, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX, UK
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- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0NG, UK.,Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX, UK
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- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0NG, UK
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- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0NG, UK.
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The structure of Langmuir plasma waves carrying a finite orbital angular momentum is revised in the paraxial approximation. It is shown that the kinetic effects related to higher-order momenta of the electron distribution function lead to coupling of Laguerre-Gaussian modes and result in a modification of the wave dispersion and damping. The theoretical analysis is compared to the three-dimensional particle-in-cell numerical simulations for a mode with orbital momentum l=2. It is demonstrated that propagation of such a plasma wave is accompanied with generation of quasistatic axial and azimuthal magnetic fields which result from the orbital and longitudinal momenta transported with the wave, respectively.
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- D R Blackman
- CELIA, University of Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, F-33405 Talence, France
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- CELIA, University of Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, F-33405 Talence, France
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- National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI" (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russia.,P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- CELIA, University of Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, F-33405 Talence, France.,ELI-Beamlines, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, 25241 Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic
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Beating of a broad laser reference beam with a quite general focused object beam inside a plasma volume generates a dynamic plasma hologram. Both beams may be of moderate intensity. The volume hologram can be read out by an ultraintense main beam (of similar structure as the reference beam) producing an object beam replica. For the latter, intensity in the focus may become extremely large. As an application, the possibility of a read-out focused Gaussian laser pulse with intensity of several 10^{19}W/cm^{2} in focus is shown by three-dimensional numerical simulations. Besides the focusing possibility, the hologram may also act as a mode converter for high-intensity laser pulses. Generating a plasma hologram with a focused Laguerre-Gaussian object beam results in a staggered plasma density grating, allowing the production of high-intensity vortex beam replica.
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- G Lehmann
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Luís Martins J, Vieira J, Ferri J, Fülöp T. Radiation emission in laser-wakefields driven by structured laser pulses with orbital angular momentum. Sci Rep 2019; 9:9840. [PMID: 31285467 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-45474-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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High-intensity X-ray sources are invaluable tools, enabling experiments at the forefront of our understanding of materials science, chemistry, biology, and physics. Laser-plasma electron accelerators are sources of high-intensity X-rays, as electrons accelerated in wakefields emit short-wavelength radiation due to betatron oscillations. While applications such as phasecontrast imaging with these betatron sources have already been demonstrated, others would require higher photon number and would benefit from increased tunability. In this paper we demonstrate, through detailed 3D simulations, a novel configuration for a laser-wakefield betatron source that increases the energy of the X-ray emission and also provides increased flexibility in the tuning of the X-ray photon energy. This is made by combining two Laguerre-Gaussian pulses with non-zero net orbital angular momentum, leading to a rotation of the intensity pattern, and hence, of the driven wakefields. The helical motion driven by the laser rotation is found to dominate the radiation emission, rather than the betatron oscillations. Moreover, the radius of this helical motion can be controlled through the laser spot size and orbital angular momentum indexes, meaning that the radiation can be tuned fully independently of the plasma parameters.
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Davidson ZE, Gonzalez-Izquierdo B, Higginson A, Lancaster KL, Williamson SDR, King M, Farley D, Neely D, McKenna P, Gray RJ. An optically multiplexed single-shot time-resolved probe of laser-plasma dynamics. Opt Express 2019; 27:4416-4423. [PMID: 30876060 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.004416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2018] [Accepted: 01/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We introduce a new approach to temporally resolve ultrafast micron-scale processes via the use of a multi-channel optical probe. We demonstrate that this technique enables highly precise time-resolved, two-dimensional spatial imaging of intense laser pulse propagation dynamics, plasma formation and laser beam filamentation within a single pulse over four distinct time frames. The design, development and optimization of the optical probe system is presented, as are representative experimental results from the first implementation of the multi-channel probe with a high-power laser pulse interaction with a helium gas jet target.
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Shi Y, Vieira J, Trines RMGM, Bingham R, Shen BF, Kingham RJ. Magnetic Field Generation in Plasma Waves Driven by Copropagating Intense Twisted Lasers. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 121:145002. [PMID: 30339446 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.145002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We present a new magnetic field generation mechanism in underdense plasmas driven by the beating of two, copropagating, Laguerre-Gaussian orbital angular momentum laser pulses with different frequencies and also different twist indices. The resulting twisted ponderomotive force drives up an electron plasma wave with a helical rotating structure. To second order, there is a nonlinear rotating current leading to the onset of an intense, static axial magnetic field, which persists over a long time in the plasma (ps scale) after the laser pulses have passed by. The results are confirmed in three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations and also theoretical analysis. For the case of 300 fs duration, 3.8×10^{17} W/cm^{2} peak laser intensity we observe magnetic field of up to 0.4 MG. This new method of magnetic field creation may find applications in charged beam collimation and microscale pinch.
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- Y Shi
- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- GoLP/Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon 1049-001, Portugal
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
- Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Strathclyde G4 0NG, United Kingdom
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- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
- Department of Physics, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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