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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] [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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Borghesi M, Fuchs J, Bulanov SV, MacKinnon AJ, Patel PK, Roth M. Fast Ion Generation by High-Intensity Laser Irradiation of Solid Targets and Applications. FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2017. [DOI: 10.13182/fst06-a1159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 356] [Impact Index Per Article: 50.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- M. Borghesi
- The Queen’s University, School of Mathematics and Physics, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Laboratoire pour l’Utilisation des Lasers Intenses, UMR 7605 CNRS-CEA-École Polytechnique-Université Paris VI, 91128 Palaiseau 3, France
- University of Nevada, Physics Department, MS-220, Reno, Nevada 89557
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- Kansai Research Establishment, APRC-JAERI, Kizu, Japan
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California
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- Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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Huang TW, Zhou CT, Robinson APL, Qiao B, Zhang H, Wu SZ, Zhuo HB, Norreys PA, He XT. Mitigating the relativistic laser beam filamentation via an elliptical beam profile. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2015; 92:053106. [PMID: 26651801 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.92.053106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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It is shown that the filamentation instability of relativistically intense laser pulses in plasmas can be mitigated in the case where the laser beam has an elliptically distributed beam profile. A high-power elliptical Gaussian laser beam would break up into a regular filamentation pattern-in contrast to the randomly distributed filaments of a circularly distributed laser beam-and much more laser power would be concentrated in the central region. A highly elliptically distributed laser beam experiences anisotropic self-focusing and diffraction processes in the plasma channel ensuring that the unstable diffractive rings of the circular case cannot be produced. The azimuthal modulational instability is thereby suppressed. These findings are verified by three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations.
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- T W Huang
- HEDPS, Center for Applied Physics and Technology and School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- HEDPS, Center for Applied Physics and Technology and School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094, People's Republic of China
- Science College, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, People's Republic of China
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- HEDPS, Center for Applied Physics and Technology and School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094, People's Republic of China
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- Science College, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, People's Republic of China
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
- Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- HEDPS, Center for Applied Physics and Technology and School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094, People's Republic of China
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Wu HC, Sheng ZM, Zhang J. Interactive dynamics of two copropagating laser beams in underdense plasmas. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2004; 70:026407. [PMID: 15447601 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.70.026407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The interaction of two copropagating laser beams with crossed polarization in the underdense plasmas has been investigated analytically with the variational approach and numerically. The coupled envelope equations of the two beams include both the relativistic mass correction and the ponderomotive force effect. It is found that the relativistic effect always plays the role of beam attraction, while the ponderomotive force can play both the beam attraction and beam repulsion, depending upon the beam diameters and their transverse separation. In certain conditions, the two beam centers oscillate transversely around a propagation axis. In this case, the ponderomotive effect can lead to a higher oscillation frequency than that accounting for the relativistic effect only. The interaction of two beams decreases the threshold power for self-focusing of the single beam. A strong self-trapping beam can channel a weak one.
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- Hui-Chun Wu
- Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100080, China
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Dong QL, Sheng ZM, Zhang J. Self-focusing and merging of two copropagating laser beams in underdense plasma. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2002; 66:027402. [PMID: 12241329 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.66.027402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2002] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The propagation of two laser beams copropagating in underdense plasma has been studied numerically by solving their coupled envelope equations. It shows that two beams can merge each other, or split into three beams, or propagate with unstable trajectories, depending upon their power and initial beam separation. During the merging process, strong emission of radiation is observed. It also shows that the density cavitation channels due to the transverse ponderomotive force of the beams tend to trap them inside and prevent them from merging each other.
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- Quan-Li Dong
- Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100080, China
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