空气中激光等离子体通道的三次谐波辐射研究

对超强飞秒激光脉冲在空气中形成的长等离子体通道的三次谐波辐射进行了研究．实验研究发现三次谐波的转换效率在通道范围内基本保持不变.还对等离子体通道锥角辐射中的三次 谐波的辐射角进行了研究，结果表明其辐射角接近6mrad，与理论计算结果符合得很好． 关键词： 三次谐波 等离子体通道     

空气中单个激光等离子体通道的形成条件

利用皮秒和飞秒激光研究了激光在空气中聚焦产生单个等离子体通道的条件.研究发现，能量为8—12mJ皮秒激光被焦距为15cm的透镜聚焦后，可以产生较为稳定的单个通道.通过横向纵向阴影成像分析发现，通道的管壁对聚焦产生的自发光具有箍缩作用，而通道内部却有利于光的传输.同时还发现，当采用短焦距透镜时，能量低于10mJ的飞秒激光在空气中较易形成单个等离子通道. 关键词： 等离子体通道 皮秒激光 飞秒激光 阴影成像     

等离子体通道的声学诊断方法

超短脉冲强激光在空气中传输可以形成很长的等离子体通道，目前对这种等离子体通道有许多诊断方法，文章介绍了一种十分简易但很有效的方法——声学测量方法．该方法可以根据通道不同位置的声音信号，测量通道的长度和通道内电子密度等一些参数，具有其他传统诊断方法无可比拟的优越性．     

Compton散射对激光等离子体通道寿命的影响

为了研究多光子非线性Compton散射对飞秒激光退吸附作用对等离子体通道寿命的影响,应用多光子非线性Compton散射模型和强飞秒激光在空气中产生等离子体通道内带电粒子动力学模型,提出了多光子非线性Compton散射是影响等离子体辐射阻尼和通道寿命的一个重要机制,给出了等离子体通道中带电粒子的修正动力学方程,并进行了数值计算和实验研究.结果表明:散射削弱了自由电子对氧分子的吸附和正负离子的复合,有效地补偿了等离子体的辐射阻尼效应,后续激光脉宽和间隔以及Compton散射是影响等离子体辐射阻尼和通道寿命的关键因素,理论计算与实验结果较好的吻合.     

Compton散射对激光等离子体通道寿命的影响

为了研究多光子非线性Compton散射对飞秒激光退吸附作用对等离子体通道寿命的影响,应用多光子非线性Compton散射模型和强飞秒激光在空气中产生等离子体通道内带电粒子动力学模型,提出了多光子非线性Compton散射是影响等离子体辐射阻尼和通道寿命的一个重要机制,给出了等离子体通道中带电粒子的修正动力学方程,并进行了数值计算和实验研究。结果表明：散射削弱了自由电子对氧分子的吸附和正负离子的复合,有效地补偿了等离子体的辐射阻尼效应,后续激光脉宽和间隔以及Compton散射是影响等离子体辐射阻尼和通道寿命的关键因素,理论计算与实验结果较好的吻合。     

1kHz飞秒激光脉冲在空气中传输成丝的演化过程

利用高重复频率(１kHz)、低能量的飞秒激光脉冲研究激光脉冲在空气中传输成丝的演化过程.采用成像的方法观测飞秒激光脉冲在大气传输过程中光束截面上光强分布变化，以及大气等离子体通道对光强分布的反作用.实验结果表明，激光脉冲在传输过程中先形成双丝结构，再逐渐合并成单丝结构.实验结果与利用非线性薛定谔方程耦合多光子电离的数值模拟结果基本一致. 关键词： 飞秒激光脉冲 等离子体通道 成像     

空气中激光等离子体通道的荧光探测和声学诊断两种方法的比较实验研究

使用荧光探测和声学诊断两种方法，对超强飞秒激光脉冲在空气中传输形成的等离子体通道同时进行了测量.两种方法都很好地反映了等离子体通道的演化过程.对两种方法的比较研究发现，声学诊断相对于荧光探测方法来说，具有较高的灵敏度和空间分辨能力，实验装置也更简单，更适宜于等离子体通道的常规测量. 关键词： 强飞秒激光等离子体通道 荧光探测 声学诊断     

超短脉冲激光在引导闪电中的应用

超短超强激光可以在大气中引起非线性效应以及产生等离子体，超短超强激光在非线性自聚焦和等离子体散焦的平衡可以使激光在大气中传播很长的距离，从而产生一条较长的低密度的等离子体通道，文章对其形成的原理和利用其引导闪电的可行性进行阐述，说明该通道在外场下可以触发和引导闪电到安全地点，对其机制的深入研究对工业和国防应用具有重要的意义。     

等离子体通道中的自生磁场

研究了超短脉冲强激光在等离子体通道中传播时产生的自生磁场．利用相对论动量方程和泊松方程及安培定律得出自生磁场的一个基本公式，在此基础上解析并数值研究了通道中产生的自生磁场的特性和结构，初步探讨了超短脉冲强激光在等离子体中传播时形成的排空效应对自生磁场的影响，并分析了产生自生磁场的机制 关键词：     

大气中激光等离子体通道寿命的延长及测量分析

介绍了一种反卷积方法.利用该方法分析了实验中测得的等离子体通道的光电信号特征，获 得了空气中等离子体通道的真实寿命.还证明了利用双脉冲激光结构，可以将等离子体寿命 延长近5倍. 关键词： 反卷积 大气激光等离子体通道 等离子体寿命     

Intense laser beam propagating in a plasma channel with flat-bottom leaky density profile

The propagation characteristics of an intense laser beam in a preformed plasma channel with the flat-bottom leaky density profile are investigated in detail. The evolution equation of the laser spot size is derived by employing variational technique. Seven propagation modes of the laser spot size are identified and some numerical results are presented. By comparison, we find that the results in this Letter may be more realistic since the flat-bottom leaky plasma channel comes closer to the practical plasma channel.     

Study of the gas-filled injector of a plasma opening switch

A plasma injector with pulsed gas filling is investigated experimentally. Interferometric measurements of the formation dynamics of the plasma channel are carried out. Under optimal operating conditions, the injector is capable of producing a plasma channel 4 cm in diameter with an electron density of ∼10¹⁷ cm⁻³. The effect of the cathode diameter of the plasma opening switch on the conductivity of the plasma channel is studied. It is shown that the current flowing through the plasma channel of a single injector attains 400 kA.     

超短强激光脉冲在等离子体隧道中传输的理论与数值模拟研究

研究了超短强激光脉冲在非扰动抛物型部分电离的预等离子体隧道中的传输特性.从Maxwell方程出发得到了两个包含衍射、三阶强度非线性、等离子体散焦、等离子体隧道聚焦以及相对论自聚焦等效应在内的激光场演化方程，即折射率方程和哈密顿-雅可比方程.在此基础 上得到了激光在等离子体隧道中传输的包络方程以及光斑半径与传输距离、隧道宽度等初始 参量的关系. 关键词： 等离子体隧道聚焦 相对论自聚焦 势阱     

强激光在窄通道中传播的理论研究

在考虑相对论和有质动力非线性以及全局电量守衡的前提下,分析了强激光在冷等离子体窄通道中稳定传播的情况。采用较为简化的二维理论模型,给出了描述激光和通道横向结构的解,对不同通道宽度、通道密度、激光强度和电磁模式等进行了讨论,分析了其对激光在等离子体通道中传播的影响。分析发现,在存在预通道的情况下,当等离子体通道的密度大于临界密度很多时(例如20倍临界密度),即使是在激光波长量级的通道中,激光仍然可以传播。通道越宽,等离子体密度越小;激光强度越大越容易传播。在同样的通道和传输情况下,TE0模传输所需要的激光强度比TE1模要小。     

Dynamics of plasma channel in a parallel-plate plasma gun

Lumped parameter models for describing dynamics of the plasma channel in a parallel-plate plasma gun are compared with the experimental results obtained from two plasma guns with different rail geometries. Comparison between the experiments and the numerical calculations reveals that the lumped parameter models can be utilized to describe the dynamic motion of the plasma channel quite well. Parametric study shows that minimizing the line inductance and increasing the charging voltage on a capacitor as well as minimizing the gas injection time for reducing the mass of the plasma channel are the key factors to increase the flow velocity of the plasma jet ejected from the plasma gun.     

飞秒激光等离子体通道传导能量特性的研究进展

基于强飞秒激光诱导等离子体通道的基本性质,分析了等离子体通道在传导电能和射频电磁能时的一些基本问题。综述了飞秒激光等离子体通道传输电能和电磁能方面的新概念和新技术,重点描述了该领域近几年所取得的一些理论及应用的最新成果。最后,展望了飞秒激光等离子体通道在传导能量技术领域中的发展趋势。     

Transverse interferometry of a hydrogen-filled capillary discharge waveguide

Transverse interferometric measurements are presented of the plasma channel formed in a hydrogen-filled capillary discharge waveguide recently used to generate 1 GeV electrons in a laser-driven plasma accelerator for the first time. The measurements were found to be in good agreement with nonlocal thermal equilibrium simulations, but showed significant differences with the results of a quasistatic model developed by Bobrova et al. [Phys. Rev. E. 65, 016407 (2001)]. The measurements are used to determine scaling laws for the axial electron density and matched spot size of the plasma channel, enabling optimization of the channel to specific applications.     

Parameters of an erosion carbon plasma in the channel of a railgun

The working current dependences of the thermodynamic and electrophysical parameters of a free plasma piston moving with a near-maximal velocity in the channel of an electromagnetic rail launcher with graphite electrodes are obtained. The composition and weight of the plasma depend on the degree of electrode erosion due to discharge current passage (i = 40–80 kA). It is shown that the mean temperature of the plasma piston only slightly depends on the plasma mean pressure and plasma piston weight and increases with current by a near-power law. The measured values of the maximal velocity of the plasma piston front are compared with the calculated value of the sound velocity inside the piston. With the working current and cross-sectional area of the channel fixed, the initial gas density in the channel is found to influence the ratio of the piston maximal velocity to the sound velocity in the plasma. If the initial gas density is low (lower than some critical value), the maximal velocity of the plasma piston front exceeds the sound velocity in the plasma.     

Non‐linear interaction of a q‐Gaussian laser beam in a plasma channel created by the ignitor‐heater technique

This paper presents a theoretical investigation of the propagation characteristics of a q‐Gaussian laser beam propagating through a plasma channel created by the ignitor‐heater technique. The ignitor beam creates the plasma by tunnel‐ionization of air. The heater beam heats the plasma electrons and establishes a parabolic channel. The third beam (q‐Gaussian beam) is guided in the plasma channel under the combined effects of density non‐uniformity and non‐uniform ohmic heating of the plasma channel. Numerical solutions of the non‐linear Schrodinger wave equation (NSWE) for the fields of laser beams are obtained with the help of the moment theory approach. Particular emphasis is placed on the dynamical variations of the spot size of the laser beams and the longitudinal phase shift of the guided beam with the distance of propagation.