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Zhang TH, Wang WM, Li YT, Zhang J. Magnetization of high-density plasma with a jet velocity of hundreds of km/s. Phys Rev E 2022; 106:055211. [PMID: 36559445 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.106.055211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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High magnetic fields at the kilotesla scale have been experimentally generated and finding methods to fully embed such fields into high-density plasma is interesting for magnetically assisted a fast ignition scheme of inertial confinement fusion, laboratory astrophysics, and magnetically guided fast electron beam for broad applications. We investigate diffusion and embedment of an external magnetic field inwards a high-density plasma by analysis and simulation. By introducing the magnetic Péclet number, dimensional analysis indicates that the magnetizing process is sensitive to the jet velocity, temperature, and size of the plasma and gives a phenomenological scaling law of the magnetic field embedment time with an arbitrary jet velocity. The analytical results are verified by magnetic field simulation and applied in 100-g/cm^{3}, 100-μm-radius plasmas with a jet velocity of 0-400 km/s and a temperature of 50-500 eV, typically adopted in experiments. Attributed to an effective electric field from frame transformation, the magnetic field embedment time can be significantly reduced by one order of magnitude when a jetting plasma is adopted with a velocity of hundreds of kilometers per second, e.g., from 5.5 ns in a static plasma to a 0.5 ns timescale in a jetting plasma of 200 km/s. The promoted embedment process favors for various applications mentioned above.
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- Tie-Huai Zhang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, CAS, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Physics and Beijing Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Functional Materials and Micro-nano Devices, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
- IFSA Collaborative Innovation Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, CAS, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- IFSA Collaborative Innovation Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong 523808, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, CAS, Beijing 100190, China
- IFSA Collaborative Innovation Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MoE) and School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Dulat A, Aparajit C, Choudhary A, Lad AD, Ved YM, Paradkar BS, Ravindra Kumar G. Subpicosecond pre-plasma dynamics of a high contrast, ultraintense laser-solid target interaction. OPTICS LETTERS 2022; 47:5684-5687. [PMID: 37219303 DOI: 10.1364/ol.461452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Using the spectral interferometry technique, we measured subpicosecond time-resolved pre-plasma scale lengths and early expansion (<12 ps) of the plasma produced by a high intensity (6 × 1018 W/cm2) pulse with high contrast (109). We measured pre-plasma scale lengths in the range of 3-20 nm, before the arrival of the peak of the femtosecond pulse. This measurement plays a crucial role in understanding the mechanism of laser coupling its energy to hot electrons and is hence important for laser-driven ion acceleration and the fast ignition approach to fusion.
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Rusby DR, King PM, Pak A, Lemos N, Kerr S, Cochran G, Pagano I, Hannasch A, Quevedo H, Spinks M, Donovan M, Link A, Kemp A, Wilks SC, Williams GJ, Manuel MJE, Gavin Z, Haid A, Albert F, Aufderheide M, Chen H, Siders CW, Macphee A, Mackinnon A. Enhancements in laser-generated hot-electron production via focusing cone targets at short pulse and high contrast. Phys Rev E 2021; 103:053207. [PMID: 34134339 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.103.053207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We report on the increase in the accelerated electron number and energy using compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) targets from a short-pulse (∼150 fs), high-intensity (>10^{18} W/cm^{2}), and high-contrast (∼10^{8}) laser-solid interaction. We report on experimental measurements using CPC targets where the hot-electron temperature is enhanced up to ∼9 times when compared to planar targets. The temperature measured from the CPC target is 〈T_{e}〉=4.4±1.3 MeV. Using hydrodynamic and particle in cell simulations, we identify the primary source of this temperature enhancement is the intensity increase caused by the CPC geometry that focuses the laser, reducing the focal spot and therefore increasing the intensity of the laser-solid interaction, which is also consistent with analytic expectations for the geometrical focusing.
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- D R Rusby
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA.,Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- General Atomics, 3550 General Atomics Ave, San Diego, California 92103, USA
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- General Atomics, 3550 General Atomics Ave, San Diego, California 92103, USA
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- General Atomics, 3550 General Atomics Ave, San Diego, California 92103, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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von der Linden J, Ramos-Méndez J, Faddegon B, Massin D, Fiksel G, Holder JP, Willingale L, Peebles J, Edwards MR, Chen H. Dispersion calibration for the National Ignition Facility electron-positron-proton spectrometers for intense laser matter interactions. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2021; 92:033516. [PMID: 33820046 DOI: 10.1063/5.0040624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Electron-positron pairs, produced in intense laser-solid interactions, are diagnosed using magnetic spectrometers with image plates, such as the National Ignition Facility Electron-Positron-Proton Spectrometers (EPPSs). Although modeling can help infer the quantitative value, the accuracy of the models needs to be verified to ensure measurement quality. The dispersion of low-energy electrons and positrons may be affected by fringe magnetic fields near the entrance of the EPPS. We have calibrated the EPPS with six electron beams from a Siemens Oncor linear accelerator (linac) ranging in energy from 2.7 MeV to 15.2 MeV as they enter the spectrometer. A Geant4 traveling-wave optical parametric amplifier of superfluorescence Monte Carlo simulation was set up to match depth dose curves and lateral profiles measured in water at 100 cm source-surface distance. An accurate relationship was established between the bending magnet current setting and the energy of the electron beam at the exit window. The simulations and measurements were used to determine the energy distributions of the six electron beams at the EPPS slit. Analysis of the scanned image plates together with the determined energy distribution arriving in the spectrometer provides improved dispersion curves for the EPPS.
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- Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
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- Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
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- Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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Tang P, Liao Q, Dai Y, Chen X. Effect of the LEHs film transmissivity on spherical hohlraum cryogenic target after the shield is removed. FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2020.112151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Wu D, Yu W, Fritzsche S, He XT. High-order implicit particle-in-cell method for plasma simulations at solid densities. Phys Rev E 2019; 100:013207. [PMID: 31499835 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.100.013207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A high-order implicit multidimensional particle-in-cell (PIC) method is developed for simulating plasmas at solid densities. The space-time arrangement is based on Yee and a leapfrog algorithm for electromagnetic fields and particle advancement. The field solver algorithm completely eliminates numerical instabilities found in explicit PIC methods with relaxed time step and grid resolution. Moreover, this algorithm eliminates the numerical cooling found in the standard implicit PIC methods by using a pseudo-electric-field method. The particle pusher algorithm combines the standard Boris particle pusher with the Newton-Krylov iteration method. This algorithm increases the precision accuracy by several orders of magnitude when compared with the standard Boris particle pusher and also significantly decreases the iteration time when compared with the pure Newton-Krylov method. The code is tested with several benchmarks, including Weibel instability, and relativistic laser plasma interactions at both low and solid densities.
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- D Wu
- Institute for Fusion Theory and Simulation, Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Shanghai 201800, China
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- Helmholtz Institut Jena, Jena D-07743, Germany
- Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena D-07743, Germany
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- Institute for Fusion Theory and Simulation, Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- Key Laboratory of HEDP of the Ministry of Education, CAPT, and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Shen X, Wang P, Zhu J, Si Z, Zhao Y, Liu J, Li R. Temporal contrast reduction techniques for high dynamic-range temporal contrast measurement. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:10586-10601. [PMID: 31052915 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.010586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A single-shot characterization of the temporal contrast of a petawatt laser pulse with a high dynamic-range, is important not only for improving conditions of the petawatt laser facility itself, but also for various high-intensity laser physics experiments, which is still a difficult problem. In this study, a new idea for improving the dynamic-range of a single-shot temporal contrast measurement using novel temporal contrast reduction techniques is proposed. The proof-of-principle experiments applying single stage of pulse stretching, anti-saturated absorption, or optical Kerr effect successfully reduce the temporal contrast by approximately one order of magnitude. Combining with the SRSI-ETE method, its dynamic-range characterization capability is improved by approximately one order of magnitude to approximately 109. It is expected that a higher dynamic-range temporal contrast can be characterized by using cascaded temporal contrast reduction processes. The proposed techniques can also be used in the delay-scanning temporal contrast measurement to improve its dynamic range.
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Wang P, Shen X, Liu J, Li R. Generation of high-energy clean multicolored ultrashort pulses and their application in single-shot temporal contrast measurement. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:6536-6548. [PMID: 30876237 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.006536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 02/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We demonstrate the generation of 100-μJ-level multicolored femtosecond pulses based on a single-stage cascaded four-wave mixing (CFWM) process in a thin glass plate by using cylinder lenses. The generated high-energy CFWM signals can shift the central wavelength and have well-enhanced temporal contrast because of the third-order nonlinear process. They are innovatively used as clean sampling pulses of a cross-correlator for single-shot temporal contrast measurement. With a simple homemade setup, the proof-of-principle experimental results demonstrate the single-shot cross-correlator with dynamic range of 1010, temporal resolution of about 160 fs and temporal window of 50 ps. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration in which both the dynamic range and the temporal resolution of a single-shot temporal contrast measurement are comparable to those of a commercial delay-scanning cross-correlator.
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Vaisseau X, Morace A, Touati M, Nakatsutsumi M, Baton SD, Hulin S, Nicolaï P, Nuter R, Batani D, Beg FN, Breil J, Fedosejevs R, Feugeas JL, Forestier-Colleoni P, Fourment C, Fujioka S, Giuffrida L, Kerr S, McLean HS, Sawada H, Tikhonchuk VT, Santos JJ. Collimated Propagation of Fast Electron Beams Accelerated by High-Contrast Laser Pulses in Highly Resistive Shocked Carbon. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 118:205001. [PMID: 28581770 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.205001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Collimated transport of ultrahigh intensity electron current was observed in cold and in laser-shocked vitreous carbon, in agreement with simulation predictions. The fast electron beams were created by coupling high-intensity and high-contrast laser pulses onto copper-coated cones drilled into the carbon samples. The guiding mechanism-observed only for times before the shock breakout at the inner cone tip-is due to self-generated resistive magnetic fields of ∼0.5-1 kT arising from the intense currents of fast electrons in vitreous carbon, by virtue of its specific high resistivity over the range of explored background temperatures. The spatial distribution of the electron beams, injected through the samples at different stages of compression, was characterized by side-on imaging of hard x-ray fluorescence.
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- X Vaisseau
- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- LULI-CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91128 Palaiseau cedex, France
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS, LULI, place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cedex 05, France
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- LULI-CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91128 Palaiseau cedex, France
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS, LULI, place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cedex 05, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton T6G 2G7, Canada
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton T6G 2G7, Canada
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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Ju LB, Huang TW, Xiao KD, Wu GZ, Yang SL, Li R, Yang YC, Long TY, Zhang H, Wu SZ, Qiao B, Ruan SC, Zhou CT. Controlling multiple filaments by relativistic optical vortex beams in plasmas. Phys Rev E 2016; 94:033202. [PMID: 27739750 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.94.033202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Filamentation dynamics of relativistic optical vortex beams (OVBs) propagating in underdense plasma is investigated. It is shown that OVBs with finite orbital angular momentum (OAM) exhibit much more robust propagation behavior than the standard Gaussian beam. In fact, the growth rate of the azimuthal modulational instability decreases rapidly with increase of the OVB topological charge. Thus, relativistic OVBs can maintain their profiles for significantly longer distances in an underdense plasma before filamentation occurs. It is also found that an OVB would then break up into regular filament patterns due to conservation of the OAM, in contrast to a Gaussian laser beam, which in general experiences random filamentation.
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- L B Ju
- Graduate School, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing 100088, People's Republic of China.,Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094, People's Republic of China
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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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- HEDPS, Center for Applied Physics and Technology and School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- Graduate School, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing 100088, People's Republic of China
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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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- HEDPS, Center for Applied Physics and Technology and School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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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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- 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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- HEDPS, Center for Applied Physics and Technology and School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- College of Electronic Science and Technology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094, People's Republic of China.,HEDPS, Center for Applied Physics and Technology and School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China.,College of Electronic Science and Technology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People's Republic of China
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Sorokovikova A, Arefiev AV, McGuffey C, Qiao B, Robinson APL, Wei MS, McLean HS, Beg FN. Generation of Superponderomotive Electrons in Multipicosecond Interactions of Kilojoule Laser Beams with Solid-Density Plasmas. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2016; 116:155001. [PMID: 27127972 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.155001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2014] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The interaction of a multipicosecond, kilojoule laser pulse with a surface of a solid target has been shown to produce electrons with energies far beyond the free-electron ponderomotive limit m_{e}c^{2}a_{0}^{2}/2. Particle-in-cell simulations indicate that an increase in the pulse duration from 1 to 10 ps leads to the formation of a low-density shelf (about 10% of the critical density). The shelf extends over 100 μm toward the vacuum side, with a nonstationary potential barrier forming in that area. Electrons reflected from the barrier gain superponderomotive energy from the potential. Some electrons experience an even greater energy gain due to ponderomotive acceleration when their "dephasing rate" R=γ-p_{x}/m_{e}c drops well below unity, thus increasing acceleration by a factor of 1/R. Both 1D and 2D simulations indicate that these mechanisms are responsible for the generation of extensive thermal distributions with T_{e}>10 MeV and a high-energy cutoff of hundreds of MeV.
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- A Sorokovikova
- Center for Energy Research, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA
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- Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Center for Energy Research, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA
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- Center for Energy Research, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- General Atomics, San Diego, California 92186, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94511, USA
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- Center for Energy Research, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA
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Higginson DP, Link A, Sawada H, Wilks SC, Bartal T, Chawla S, Chen CD, Flippo KA, Jarrott LC, Key MH, McLean HS, Patel PK, Pérez F, Wei MS, Beg FN. High-contrast laser acceleration of relativistic electrons in solid cone-wire targets. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2015; 92:063112. [PMID: 26764843 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.92.063112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2013] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The consequences of small scale-length precursor plasmas on high-intensity laser-driven relativistic electrons are studied via experiments and simulations. Longer scale-length plasmas are shown to dramatically increase the efficiency of electron acceleration, yet, if too long, they reduce the coupling of these electrons into the solid target. Evidence for the existence of an optimal plasma scale-length is presented and estimated to be from 1 to 5μm. Experiments on the Trident laser (I=5×10(19)W/cm(2)) diagnosed via Kα emission from Cu wires attached to Au cones are quantitively reproduced using 2D particle-in-cell simulations that capture the full temporal and spatial scale of the nonlinear laser interaction and electron transport. The simulations indicate that 32%±8%(6.5%±2%) of the laser energy is coupled into electrons of all energies (1-3 MeV) reaching the inner cone tip and that, with an optimized scale-length, this could increase to 35% (9%).
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- D P Higginson
- University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94440, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94440, USA
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- University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94440, USA
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- University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94440, USA
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- University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94440, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94440, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94440, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94440, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94440, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94440, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94440, USA
- Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation des Lasers Intenses, UMR 7605 CNRS-CEA-École Polytechnique-Université Paris VI, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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- University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
- General Atomics, San Diego, California 92186, USA
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- University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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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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Gershon A, Sudheimer K, Tirouvanziam R, Williams LM, O'Hara R. The long-term impact of early adversity on late-life psychiatric disorders. Curr Psychiatry Rep 2013; 15:352. [PMID: 23443532 DOI: 10.1007/s11920-013-0352-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Early adversity is a strong and enduring predictor of psychiatric disorders including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance abuse or dependence, and posttraumatic stress disorder. However, the mechanisms of this effect are not well understood. The purpose of this review is to summarize and integrate the current research knowledge pertaining to the long-term effects of early adversity on psychiatric disorders, particularly in late life. We explore definitional considerations including key dimensions of the experience such as type, severity, and timing of adversity relative to development. We then review the potential biological and environmental mediators and moderators of the relationships between early adversity and psychiatric disorders. We conclude with clinical implications, methodological challenges and suggestions for future research.
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- Anda Gershon
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94305-5717, USA.
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Ovchinnikov VM, Schumacher DW, McMahon M, Chowdhury EA, Chen CD, Morace A, Freeman RR. Effects of preplasma scale length and laser intensity on the divergence of laser-generated hot electrons. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 110:065007. [PMID: 23432266 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.065007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We report on a numerical study of the effects of preplasma scale length and laser intensity on the hot-electron (≥1 MeV) divergence angle using full-scale 2D3V (two dimensional in space, three dimensional in velocity) simulations including a self-consistent laser-plasma interaction and photoionization using the particle-in-cell code LSP. Our simulations show that the fast-electron divergence angle increases approximately linearly with the preplasma scale length for a fixed laser intensity. On the other hand, for a fixed preplasma scale length, the laser intensity has little effect on the divergence angle in the range between 10(18) and 10(21) W/cm(2). These findings have important implications for the interpretation of experimental results.
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- V M Ovchinnikov
- The Ohio State University, Department of Physics, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Akli KU, Orban C, Schumacher D, Storm M, Fatenejad M, Lamb D, Freeman RR. Coupling of high-intensity laser light to fast electrons in cone-guided fast ignition. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2012; 86:065402. [PMID: 23367996 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.86.065402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Cu wires attached to Al cones are used to investigate the energy coupling efficiency of laser light to fast electrons through a cone into a dense plasma. We present experimental and simulation results demonstrating the effect on the energy coupling of effectively placing the cone in a surrounding high density plasma as well as the effect of a large preformed plasma inside the cone. Thick cone walls, simulating plasma surrounding the cone in fast ignition, reduce the energy coupling by a factor of up to 4. An increase in prepulse inside the cone by a factor of 50 further reduces coupling by a factor of 3. Simulations with the pic code lsp that include the laser plasma interaction and the preformed plasma from the flash code show that electron refluxing in thin cone-wall targets enhances coupling to the wire. The implications for full-scale cone-guided fast ignition are discussed.
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- K U Akli
- The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Kemp AJ, Divol L. Interaction physics of multipicosecond Petawatt laser pulses with overdense plasma. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 109:195005. [PMID: 23215393 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.195005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2011] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We study the interaction of intense petawatt laser pulses with overdense plasma over several picoseconds, using two- and three-dimensional kinetic particle simulations. Sustained irradiation with non-diffraction-limited pulses at relativistic intensities yields conditions that differ qualitatively from what is experimentally available today. Nonlinear saturation of laser-driven density perturbations at the target surface causes recurrent emissions of plasma, which stabilize the surface and keep absorption continuously high. This dynamics leads to the acceleration of three distinct groups of electrons up to energies many times the laser ponderomotive potential. We discuss their energy distribution for applications like the fast-ignition approach to inertial confinement fusion.
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- A J Kemp
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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Paradkar BS, Yabuuchi T, Sawada H, Higginson DP, Link A, Wei MS, Stephens RB, Krasheninnikov SI, Beg FN. Emission of energetic protons from relativistic intensity laser interaction with a cone-wire target. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2012; 86:056405. [PMID: 23214894 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.86.056405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Emission of energetic protons (maximum energy ∼18 MeV) from the interaction of relativistic intensity laser with a cone-wire target is experimentally measured and numerically simulated with hybrid particle-in-cell code, lsp [D. R. Welch et al., Phys. Plasmas 13, 063105 (2006)]. The protons originate from the wire attached to the cone after the OMEGA EP laser (670 J, 10 ps, 5 × 10^{18} W/cm^{2}) deposits its energy inside the cone. These protons are accelerated from the contaminant layer on the wire surface, and are measured in the radial direction, i.e., in a direction transverse to the wire length. Simulations show that the radial electric field, responsible for the proton acceleration, is excited by three factors, viz., (i) transverse momentum of the relativistic fast electrons beam entering into the wire, (ii) scattering of electrons inside the wire, and (iii) refluxing of escaped electrons by "fountain effect" at the end of the wire. The underlying physics of radial electric field and acceleration of protons is discussed.
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- B S Paradkar
- University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Ping Y, Kemp AJ, Divol L, Key MH, Patel PK, Akli KU, Beg FN, Chawla S, Chen CD, Freeman RR, Hey D, Higginson DP, Jarrott LC, Kemp GE, Link A, McLean HS, Sawada H, Stephens RB, Turnbull D, Westover B, Wilks SC. Dynamics of relativistic laser-plasma interaction on solid targets. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 109:145006. [PMID: 23083255 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.145006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2011] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A novel time-resolved diagnostic is used to record the critical surface motion during picosecond-scale relativistic laser interaction with a solid target. Single-shot measurements of the specular light show a redshift decreasing with time during the interaction, corresponding to a slowing-down of the hole boring process into overdense plasma. On-shot full characterization of the laser pulse enables simulations of the experiment without any free parameters. Two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations yield redshifts that agree with the data, and support a simple explanation of the slowing-down of the critical surface based on momentum conservation between ions and reflected laser light.
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- Y Ping
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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Akli KU, Storm MJ, McMahon M, Jiang S, Ovchinnikov V, Schumacher DW, Freeman RR, Dyer G, Ditmire T. Time dependence of fast electron beam divergence in ultraintense laser-plasma interactions. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2012; 86:026404. [PMID: 23005866 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.86.026404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2012] [Revised: 06/25/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We report on the measurement and computer simulation of the divergence of fast electrons generated in an ultraintense laser-plasma interaction (LPI) and the subsequent propagation in a nonrefluxing target. We show that, at Iλ(2) of 10(20) Wcm(-2)μm(2), the time-integrated electron beam full divergence angle is (60±5)°. However, our time-resolved 2D particle-in-cell simulations show the initial beam divergence to be much smaller (≤30°). Our simulations show the divergence to monotonically increase with time, reaching a final value of (68±7)° after the passage of the laser pulse, consistent with the experimental time-integrated measurements. By revealing the time-dependent nature of the LPI, we find that a substantial fraction of the laser energy (~7%) is transported up to 100 μm with a divergence of 32°.
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- K U Akli
- The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Ma T, Sawada H, Patel PK, Chen CD, Divol L, Higginson DP, Kemp AJ, Key MH, Larson DJ, Le Pape S, Link A, MacPhee AG, McLean HS, Ping Y, Stephens RB, Wilks SC, Beg FN. Hot electron temperature and coupling efficiency scaling with prepulse for cone-guided fast ignition. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 108:115004. [PMID: 22540481 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.115004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The effect of increasing prepulse energy levels on the energy spectrum and coupling into forward-going electrons is evaluated in a cone-guided fast-ignition relevant geometry using cone-wire targets irradiated with a high intensity (10(20) W/cm(2)) laser pulse. Hot electron temperature and flux are inferred from Kα images and yields using hybrid particle-in-cell simulations. A two-temperature distribution of hot electrons was required to fit the full profile, with the ratio of energy in a higher energy (MeV) component increasing with a larger prepulse. As prepulse energies were increased from 8 mJ to 1 J, overall coupling from laser to all hot electrons entering the wire was found to fall from 8.4% to 2.5% while coupling into only the 1-3 MeV electrons dropped from 0.57% to 0.03%.
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- T Ma
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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Akli KU, Sanchez del Rio M, Jiang S, Storm MS, Krygier A, Stephens RB, Pereira NR, Baronova EO, Theobald W, Ping Y, McLean HS, Patel PK, Key MH, Freeman RR. A novel zirconium Kα imager for high energy density physics research. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2011; 82:123503. [PMID: 22225215 DOI: 10.1063/1.3665931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We report on the development and characterization of a zirconium Kα imager for high energy density physics research. The imager consists of a spherically bent quartz crystal operating at 15.7 keV photon energy. We compare the performance of the imager in terms of integrated reflectivity (R(int)) and temperature dependent collection efficiency (η(Te)) to that of the widely used Cu Kα imager. Our collisional-radiative simulations show that the new imager can be reliably used up to 250 eV plasma temperature. Monte Carlo simulations show that for a 25 μm thick tracer layer of zirconium, the contribution to Kα production from photo-pumping is only 2%. We present, for the first time, 2D spatially resolved images of zirconium plasmas generated by a high intensity short pulse laser interacting with Zr solid targets.
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- K U Akli
- The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Pérez F, Debayle A, Honrubia J, Koenig M, Batani D, Baton SD, Beg FN, Benedetti C, Brambrink E, Chawla S, Dorchies F, Fourment C, Galimberti M, Gizzi LA, Gremillet L, Heathcote R, Higginson DP, Hulin S, Jafer R, Koester P, Labate L, Lancaster KL, MacKinnon AJ, MacPhee AG, Nazarov W, Nicolai P, Pasley J, Ramis R, Richetta M, Santos JJ, Sgattoni A, Spindloe C, Vauzour B, Vinci T, Volpe L. Magnetically guided fast electrons in cylindrically compressed matter. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2011; 107:065004. [PMID: 21902333 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.065004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Fast electrons produced by a 10 ps, 160 J laser pulse through laser-compressed plastic cylinders are studied experimentally and numerically in the context of fast ignition. K(α)-emission images reveal a collimated or scattered electron beam depending on the initial density and the compression timing. A numerical transport model shows that implosion-driven electrical resistivity gradients induce strong magnetic fields able to guide the electrons. The good agreement with measured beam sizes provides the first experimental evidence for fast-electron magnetic collimation in laser-compressed matter.
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- F Pérez
- LULI, École Polytechnique, CNRS, CEA, UPMC, Palaiseau, France.
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Brown CRD, Hoarty DJ, James SF, Swatton D, Hughes SJ, Morton JW, Guymer TM, Hill MP, Chapman DA, Andrew JE, Comley AJ, Shepherd R, Dunn J, Chen H, Schneider M, Brown G, Beiersdorfer P, Emig J. Measurements of electron transport in foils irradiated with a picosecond time scale laser pulse. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2011; 106:185003. [PMID: 21635097 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.106.185003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2009] [Revised: 11/19/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The heating of solid foils by a picosecond time scale laser pulse has been studied by using x-ray emission spectroscopy. The target material was plastic foil with a buried layer of a spectroscopic tracer material. The laser pulse length was either 0.5 or 2 ps, which resulted in a laser irradiance that varied over the range 10(16)-10(19) W/cm(2). Time-resolved measurements of the buried layer emission spectra using an ultrafast x-ray streak camera were used to infer the density and temperature conditions as a function of laser parameters and depth of the buried layer. Comparison of the data to different models of electron transport showed that they are consistent with a model of electron transport that predicts the bulk of the target heating is due to return currents.
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- C R D Brown
- Directorate Science and Technology, AWE Aldermaston, Reading, United Kingdom
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Paradkar BS, Wei MS, Yabuuchi T, Stephens RB, Haines MG, Krasheninnikov SI, Beg FN. Numerical modeling of fast electron generation in the presence of preformed plasma in laser-matter interaction at relativistic intensities. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2011; 83:046401. [PMID: 21599310 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.83.046401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Fast electron generation in the presence of coronal plasma in front of a solid target (typically referred to as preformed plasma) in laser-matter interaction in the intensity range of 10(19)-10(21) W/cm(2) is studied in a one-dimensional slab approximation with particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. Three different preformed plasma density scale lengths of 1, 5, and 15 μm are considered. We report an increase in both mean and maximum energy of generated fast electrons with an increase in the preformed plasma scale length (in the range 1-15 μm). The heating of plasma electrons is predominantly due to their stochastic motion in counterpropagating electromagnetic (EM) waves (incident and reflected waves) and the presence of a longitudinal electric field produced self-consistently inside the preformed plasma. The synergetic effects of this longitudinal electric field and EM waves responsible for the efficient preformed plasma electrons heating are discussed.
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- B S Paradkar
- University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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