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Ong JF, Berceanu AC, Grigoriadis A, Andrianaki G, Dimitriou V, Tatarakis M, Papadogiannis NA, Benis EP. Non-linear QED approach for betatron radiation in a laser wakefield accelerator. Sci Rep 2024; 14:605. [PMID: 38182609 PMCID: PMC10770394 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-50030-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2024] Open
Abstract
Laser plasma-based accelerators provide an excellent source of collimated, bright, and adequately coherent betatron-type x-ray pulses with potential applications in science and industry. So far the laser plasma-based betatron radiation has been described within the concept of classical Liénard-Wiechert potentials incorporated in particle-in-cell simulations, a computing power-demanding approach, especially for the case of multi-petawatt lasers. In this work, we describe the laser plasma-based generation of betatron radiation at the most fundamental level of quantum mechanics. In our approach, photon emission from the relativistic electrons in the plasma bubble is described within a nonlinear quantum electrodynamics (QED) framework. The reported QED-based betatron radiation results are in excellent agreement with similar results using Liénard-Wiechert potentials, as well as in very good agreement with betatron radiation measurements, obtained with multi-10-TW lasers interacting with He and multielectron N[Formula: see text] gas targets. Furthermore, our QED approach results in a dramatic reduction of the computational runtime demands, making it a favorable tool for designing betatron radiation experiments, especially in multi-petawatt laser facilities.
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- J F Ong
- Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), "Horia Hulubei" National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), 30 Reactorului Street, 077125, Bucharest-Măgurele, RO, Romania.
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- Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), "Horia Hulubei" National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), 30 Reactorului Street, 077125, Bucharest-Măgurele, RO, Romania
- Institute of Plasma Physics and Lasers, University Research and Innovation Centre, Hellenic Mediterranean University, 74100, Rethimno, Crete, Greece
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- Institute of Plasma Physics and Lasers, University Research and Innovation Centre, Hellenic Mediterranean University, 74100, Rethimno, Crete, Greece
- Department of Physics, University of Ioannina, 45110, Ioannina, Greece
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- Institute of Plasma Physics and Lasers, University Research and Innovation Centre, Hellenic Mediterranean University, 74100, Rethimno, Crete, Greece
- School of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete, 73100, Chania, Greece
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- Institute of Plasma Physics and Lasers, University Research and Innovation Centre, Hellenic Mediterranean University, 74100, Rethimno, Crete, Greece
- Physical Acoustics and Optoacoustics Laboratory, Department of Music Technology and Acoustics, Hellenic Mediterranean University, 74100, Rethimnon, Greece
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- Institute of Plasma Physics and Lasers, University Research and Innovation Centre, Hellenic Mediterranean University, 74100, Rethimno, Crete, Greece
- Department of Electronic Engineering, Hellenic Mediterranean University, 73133, Chania, Greece
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- Institute of Plasma Physics and Lasers, University Research and Innovation Centre, Hellenic Mediterranean University, 74100, Rethimno, Crete, Greece
- Physical Acoustics and Optoacoustics Laboratory, Department of Music Technology and Acoustics, Hellenic Mediterranean University, 74100, Rethimnon, Greece
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- Institute of Plasma Physics and Lasers, University Research and Innovation Centre, Hellenic Mediterranean University, 74100, Rethimno, Crete, Greece
- Department of Physics, University of Ioannina, 45110, Ioannina, Greece
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Mu J, Esirkepov TZ, Valenta P, Gu Y, Jeong TM, Pirozhkov AS, Koga JK, Kando M, Korn G, Bulanov SV. Relativistic flying forcibly oscillating reflective diffraction grating. Phys Rev E 2020; 102:053202. [PMID: 33327116 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.102.053202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Relativistic flying forcibly oscillating reflective diffraction gratings are formed by an intense laser pulse (driver) in plasma. The mirror surface is an electron density singularity near the joining area of the wake wave cavity and the bow wave; it moves together with the driver laser pulse and undergoes forced oscillations induced by the field. A counterpropagating weak laser pulse (source) is incident at grazing angles, being efficiently reflected and enriched by harmonics. The reflected spectrum consists of the source pulse base frequency and its harmonics, multiplied by a large factor due to the double Doppler effect.
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- Jie Mu
- ELI Beamlines Project, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, Na Slovance 2, 18221 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- ELI Beamlines Project, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, Na Slovance 2, 18221 Prague, Czech Republic.,Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Brehova 7, 11519 Prague, Czech Republic
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- ELI Beamlines Project, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, Na Slovance 2, 18221 Prague, Czech Republic
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- ELI Beamlines Project, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, Na Slovance 2, 18221 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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- ELI Beamlines Project, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, Na Slovance 2, 18221 Prague, Czech Republic
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- ELI Beamlines Project, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, Na Slovance 2, 18221 Prague, Czech Republic.,Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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Pirozhkov AS, Kando M, Esirkepov TZ, Gallegos P, Ahmed H, Ragozin EN, Faenov AY, Pikuz TA, Kawachi T, Sagisaka A, Koga JK, Coury M, Green J, Foster P, Brenner C, Dromey B, Symes DR, Mori M, Kawase K, Kameshima T, Fukuda Y, Chen L, Daito I, Ogura K, Hayashi Y, Kotaki H, Kiriyama H, Okada H, Nishimori N, Imazono T, Kondo K, Kimura T, Tajima T, Daido H, Rajeev P, McKenna P, Borghesi M, Neely D, Kato Y, Bulanov SV. Soft-x-ray harmonic comb from relativistic electron spikes. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 108:135004. [PMID: 22540709 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.135004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We demonstrate a new high-order harmonic generation mechanism reaching the "water window" spectral region in experiments with multiterawatt femtosecond lasers irradiating gas jets. A few hundred harmonic orders are resolved, giving μJ/sr pulses. Harmonics are collectively emitted by an oscillating electron spike formed at the joint of the boundaries of a cavity and bow wave created by a relativistically self-focusing laser in underdense plasma. The spike sharpness and stability are explained by catastrophe theory. The mechanism is corroborated by particle-in-cell simulations.
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- A S Pirozhkov
- Advanced Beam Technology Division, JAEA, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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Helle MH, Kaganovich D, Gordon DF, Ting A. Measurement of electro-optic shock and electron acceleration in a strongly cavitated laser wakefield accelerator. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 105:105001. [PMID: 20867524 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.105001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Conically emitted second harmonic radiation was observed when a relativistically intense, ultrashort laser pulse was focused into a jet of gas. This second harmonic electro-optic shock is the result of frequency mixing within the sheath of electrons surrounding a highly cavitated plasma region created by the ponderomotive force of the laser. Strong correlation between the second harmonic characteristics and electron acceleration has been observed.
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- M H Helle
- Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA
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Gordon DF, Hafizi B, Ting A. Nonlinear conversion of photon spin to photon orbital angular momentum. OPTICS LETTERS 2009; 34:3280-3282. [PMID: 19881567 DOI: 10.1364/ol.34.003280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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A relativistically intense, ultrashort laser pulse with purely spin angular momentum produces second-harmonic radiation with equal parts of both spin and orbital angular momentum when focused into a plasma. The orbital contribution is due to an azimuthal phase variation that arises in the nonlinear current density. This phase variation is associated with the radial nonuniformity driven by ponderomotive blowout.
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- D F Gordon
- Naval Research Laboratory, Plasma Physics Division, Washington, DC 20375, USA.
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