Generation of attosecond electron bunches upon laser pulse propagation through a sharp plasma boundary

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
S V Kuznetsov
Keyword(s):  
Laser Pulse ◽  
Pulse Propagation ◽  
Plasma Boundary ◽  
Electron Bunches

Ultrashort Laser Pulse Propagation in Water

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
George W. Kattawar ◽  
Alexei V. Sokolov
Keyword(s):  
Laser Pulse ◽  
Pulse Propagation ◽  
Ultrashort Laser Pulse ◽  
Ultrashort Laser

scholarly journals Radial density profile and stability of capillary discharge plasma waveguides of lengths up to 40 cm

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Turner ◽  
A. J. Gonsalves ◽  
S. S. Bulanov ◽  
C. Benedetti ◽  
N. A. Bobrova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Laser Pulse ◽  
Electron Density ◽  
Density Profile ◽  
Pulse Propagation ◽  
Spot Size ◽  
Capillary Discharge ◽  
Electron Density Profile ◽  
Plasma Waveguide ◽  
Wakefield Acceleration ◽  
Plasma Wakefield

Abstract We measured the parameter reproducibility and radial electron density profile of capillary discharge waveguides with diameters of 650 $\mathrm{\mu} \mathrm{m}$ to 2 mm and lengths of 9 to 40 cm. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, 40 cm is the longest discharge capillary plasma waveguide to date. This length is important for $\ge$ 10 GeV electron energy gain in a single laser-driven plasma wakefield acceleration stage. Evaluation of waveguide parameter variations showed that their focusing strength was stable and reproducible to $<0.2$ % and their average on-axis plasma electron density to $<1$ %. These variations explain only a small fraction of laser-driven plasma wakefield acceleration electron bunch variations observed in experiments to date. Measurements of laser pulse centroid oscillations revealed that the radial channel profile rises faster than parabolic and is in excellent agreement with magnetohydrodynamic simulation results. We show that the effects of non-parabolic contributions on Gaussian pulse propagation were negligible when the pulse was approximately matched to the channel. However, they affected pulse propagation for a non-matched configuration in which the waveguide was used as a plasma telescope to change the focused laser pulse spot size.

Intense solitary laser pulse propagation in a plasma

1984 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 327 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. Shukla ◽  
M. Y. Yu ◽  
N. L. Tsintsadze
Keyword(s):  
Laser Pulse ◽  
Pulse Propagation

Laser pulse propagation in optical fibers as destroying factor where outer local thermal actions apply

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir A. Burdin ◽  
Alexey V. Voronkov ◽  
Alexander N. Platonov ◽  
Andrew V. Balobanov
Keyword(s):  
Laser Pulse ◽  
Optical Fibers ◽  
Pulse Propagation

scholarly journals Focusing of intense laser pulse by a hollow cone

2010 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Yu ◽  
Lihua Cao ◽  
M.Y. Yu ◽  
A.L. Lei ◽  
Z.M. Sheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Laser Pulse ◽  
Strong Field ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Plasma Boundary ◽  
High Energy Density ◽  
Intense Laser ◽  
Intense Laser Pulse ◽  
Hollow Cone ◽  
Conical Channel ◽  
Boundary Plasma

AbstractIt is shown that an intense laser pulse can be focused by a conical channel. This anomalous light focusing can be attributed to a hitherto ignored effect in nonlinear optics, namely that the boundary response depends on the light intensity: the inner cone surface is ionized and the laser pulse is in turn modified by the resulting boundary plasma. The interaction creates a new self-consistently evolving light-plasma boundary, which greatly reduces reflection and enhances forward propagation of the light pulse. The hollow cone can thus be used for attaining extremely high light intensities for applications in strong-field and high energy-density physics and other areas.

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