强激光与等离子体相互作用中受激陷俘电子声波散射及相空间离子涡旋的形成

应用一维相对论电磁粒子模拟程序，研究了线性极化强激光入射到无碰撞密度均匀的次临界密度等离子体中所引起的受激陷俘电子声波散射不稳定性过程.不稳定性的早期行为与是否考虑离子动力学效应无关.当考虑离子动力学效应之后会激发一个随时间增长的离子声波，并且最终由于大振幅电磁孤立子的产生而中断.由于电磁孤立子内的静电场与电磁场所产生的离子加速与俘获效应，导致一个离子涡旋在离子相空间中形成；当电磁孤立子向后加速过程中，若干个离子涡旋结构随之形成.研究发现，离子涡旋结构同样存在于密度不均匀的次临界密度等离子体中.从拓扑的观 关键词： 粒子模拟 受激陷俘电子声波散射 电磁孤立子 离子涡旋     

超短超强激光与气体靶相互作用中的背向受激Raman散射

 实验诊断测量了超短超强激光与气体靶相互作用产生的背向受激Raman散射,在实验条件下呈现强耦合模式,背向受激Raman散射出现非线性Stokes多峰伴线结构,峰值的频率间隔小于等离子体波的频率,可以大致地推断出激光打靶过程中产生的等离子体密度偏低,其结果与等离子体强耦合理论计算结果一致。     

三角激光脉冲尾波加速粒子模拟

电子俘获是激光尾波场加速电子的主要机理，增大电子的初速度可以使更多的电子被尾波场俘获.提出三角脉冲激发尾波加速电子的方案，三角脉冲平缓上升沿激发受激Raman散射，用以初步加速电子，三角脉冲陡峭下降沿激发尾波场，将更多的电子加速到接近光速.2D3V粒子模拟结果证实了这一点.同时表明：脉冲长度为几个等离子体波长的超强激光在稀薄等离子体中传播时，还激发侧向Raman散射.在侧向受激Raman散射中，静电波增长最快的波矢模式为k_p=(2ω_p/ω₀ 关键词： 有质动力 电子俘获 前向受激Raman散射 侧向受激Raman散射     

短脉冲强激光在稀薄等离子体中传播时的电磁类孤立子

 采用二维粒子模拟方法，研究了短脉冲强激光在稀薄等离子体中传播时电磁类孤立子的产生和时空演化过程。通过分析电磁场与等离子体波的非线性能量交换和激光场的频率谱结构等，给出了电磁类孤立子形成的基本物理图像，讨论了等离子体参数对电磁类孤立子形成的影响。模拟结果表明：类孤立子的形成是由于局部电磁波振荡频率减小至等离子体频率引起的，初始等离子体密度越高越容易形成空间局域结构。     

强激光与亚临界密度等离子体相互作用中的近前向散射驱动光子加速机制

通过二维粒子模拟(particle-in-cell)方法研究了强激光与亚临界密度等离子体相互作用中的近前向光子加速机制.该机制利用强激光在亚临界密度气体传输过程中的电离效应产生在纵向和横向上密度分布不均匀的电子等离子体.在纵向上,入射激光电离氦气产生一个陡峭的电子密度前沿分布.在密度前沿处,入射激光与电子等离子体波作用发生近前向散射.散射光频率较激光频率增大,在频谱中产生了第一个特征峰.在横向上,密度不均匀造成电子等离子体波具有不同的相速度并与入射激光相互作用,使入射激光发生近前向散射,在频谱中产生了第2个特征峰.由于密度分布的不均匀性较电子等离子体波的密度扰动大得多,因此基于微扰理论的散射模型和色散关系,如受激拉曼散射,无法解释频谱中两个特征峰的出现.进一步研究发现:在密度不均匀的情况下,入射激光、电子等离子体波和散射光三者之间仍满足动量和能量守恒的三波耦合关系.这能够解释两个特征峰对应的频率和强度增长过程.该研究对于强激光在亚临界密度气体传输过程中的频谱演化具有重要参考意义.     

非均匀等离子体中1/4临界密度附近受激散射的非线性演化

本文采用粒子模拟方法,针对长脉冲激光在非均匀等离子体中的传输过程,特别是在1/4临界密度附近,等离子体中受激散射的非线性演化现象,进行了细致的模拟研究.研究结果表明:在1/4临界面附近所产生的受激拉曼散射不稳定性,其散射光在等离子体中被捕获,并在该区域形成电磁孤子.电磁孤子的振幅随着不稳定性的发展而提高,并由此而产生一个有质动力场驱动周围的电子运动,离子随后被电荷分离场加速,最终形成准中性的密度坑.在单个密度坑形成后,由于该密度坑周围等离子体密度和温度产生了变化,使得等离子体中逐渐形成更多的密度坑.这些密度坑将等离子体分割成不连续的密度分布,而这种密度分布最终明显地抑制了受激拉曼散射和受激布里渊散射不稳定性的发展.     

超短超强激光与稀薄等离子体相互作用背向受激Raman谱特性模拟

 利用LPIC++程序模拟了超短超强脉冲与稀薄等离子体相互作用产生的背向受激Raman谱。结果证明：在极端相对论条件下,背向受激Raman谱不再是通常所指的弱耦合模式,而进入强耦合模式。频谱加宽,并融合在一起;各谱峰之间的频移不再以等离子体波的频率为间隔,而是小于电子等离子体波的频率。模拟了各种条件下的背向散射Raman谱特性,结果显示：随着密度的提高,背向受激Raman谱的强度也将提高,这与理论结果符合得较好。     

黑腔等离子体中SRS与SBS过程的散射光谱分析

针对惯性约束聚变中激光通过等离子体时,在光路上激发的受激Raman散射(SRS)与受激Brillouin散射(SBS)过程进行了研究。介绍了用于分析两种不稳定性过程背向散射光谱特征的程序模型,数值模拟了不同等离子体状态参数条件下的SRS与SBS过程,讨论了黑腔内等离子体参数条件对两种不稳定性过程及其散射光谱特征的影响,提出了有益于抑制两种不稳定过程的等离子体参数条件。     

密集波分复用石英光纤通信系统中受激Raman散射的稳态分析模型

假设石英光纤的Raman增益谱为线性谱,并给出了拟合直线.以此为基础,得到了前向N信道 受激Raman散射稳态耦合波方程的解析解.这个解析解是在考虑了N个信号光之间串话下得到 的,它适用于任意功率大小的信号光和任意信道间隔排列的情况.N个信号光在石英光纤中经 过受激Raman散射作用后,具有以下特点：在传输过程中,任意两信道的信号光光子通量的比 值随光纤的有效互作用长度、总的输入光子通量和两信道频率间隔按指数规律变化.解析解 与数值解进行了比较,两者取得了很好的一致. 关键词： 受激Raman散射 密集波分复用 石英光纤 Raman放大     

短脉冲激光尾流场中的前向Raman散射

用212维粒子模拟分析了前向Raman散射对激光尾流场加速电子的影响.前向Raman散射使脉冲长度在传播方向上被拉长，脉冲后沿变陡，产生的尾流场相速度明显减小，而且超热电子的最大动能明显小于理论估计值.此外激光频率整体向低频移动.     

Large amplitude electromagnetic solitons in intense laser plasma interaction

This paper shows that the standing, backward- and forward-accelerated large amplitude relativistic electromagnetic solitons induced by intense laser pulse in long underdense collisionless homogeneous plasmas can be observed by particle simulations. In addition to the inhomogeneity of the plasma density, the acceleration of the solitons also depends upon not only the laser amplitude but also the plasma length. The electromagnetic frequency of the solitons is between about half and one of the unperturbed electron plasma frequency. The electrostatic field inside the soliton has a one-cycle structure in space, while the transverse electric and magnetic fields have half-cycle and one-cycle structure respectively. Analytical estimates for the existence of the solitons and their electromagnetic frequencies qualitatively coincide with our simulation results.     

Few-cycle relativistic solitons in plasmas

A set of exact one-dimensional solutions to coupled nonlinear equations describing the propagation of a relativistic ultrashort circularly polarized laser pulse in a cold collisionless and bounded plasma where electrons have an initial velocity in the laser propagating direction is presented. The solutions investigated here are in the form of quickly moving envelop solitons at a propagation velocity comparable to the light speed. The features of solitons in both underdense and overdense plasmas with electrons having different given initial velocities in the laser propagating direction are described. It is found that the amplitude of solitons is larger and soliton width shorter in plasmas where electrons have a larger initial velocity. In overdense plasmas, soliton duration is shorter, the amplitude higher than that in underdense plasmas where electrons have the same initial velocity.     

The formation of relativistic electromagnetic solitons in plasma Bragg gratings induced by two counter-propagating laser pulses

The generation of relativistic electromagnetic solitons in plasma with spatiotemporal density modulation is investigated. When two counter-propagating laser pulses overlap in underdense plasma, the interaction between the pulses and plasma modulates the electron and ion densities resulting in localized, stable, long-living relativistic electromagnetic solitons. They are caused by the Stimulated Raman Scattering instability. The dependence of the formation of relativistic electromagnetic solitons on the ion motion, plasma parameters, and laser parameters is studied by particle-in-cell simulations as well.     

Laser energy deposition in relativistic interactions with underdense plasmas

It is well established that, at sub-relativistic intensities, the absorption of laser light by underdense plasmas decreases with increasing pulse intensity as interaction enters a non-linear regime. On the other hand, as the relativistic interaction regime is reached, further absorption mechanisms can be activated which can account for a substantial energy transfer. Using the particle code WAKE, we performed numerical simulations of the relativistic interaction of intense laser pulses with underdense plasmas in conditions that can be experimentally tested. Our simulations show that, while the relativistic laser intensity generates a population of fast electrons, a considerable fraction of the pulse energy goes into a population of thermal electrons. These findings open new possibilities for a direct observation of relativistic interaction processes using high resolution soft X-ray techniques.     

Study of propagation of ultraintense electromagnetic wave throughplasma using semi-Lagrangian Vlasov codes

Interaction of relativistically strong laser pulses with underdense and overdense plasmas is investigated by a semi-Lagrangian Vlasov code. These Vlasov simulations revealed a rich variety of phenomena associated with the fast particle dynamics induced by the electromagnetic wave as electron trapping, particle acceleration, and electron plasma wavebreaking. To describe the distribution of accelerated particle momenta and energy will require a very detailed analysis of the kinetic and time history of the plasma wave evolution. The semi-Lagrangian Vlasov code allows us to handle the interaction of ultrashort electromagnetic pulse with plasma at strongly relativistic intensities with a great deal of resolution in phase space     

Nonlinear propagation of relativistically intense electromagnetic waves in a collisionless plasma

We discuss the nonlinear propagation of relativistically intense electromagnetic waves into collisionless plasmas with special emphasis on one dimensional plane wave solutions of the propagating, standing and modulated types. These solutions exhibit a rich variety of phenomena associated with relativistic electron mass variation and coupling between transverse electromagnetic and longitudinal fields. They have important applications to problems of laser propagation, self-focusing in overdense plasmas, particle and photon acceleration and to electromagnetic radiation around pulsars.     

Macroscopic evidence of soliton formation in multiterawatt laser-plasma interaction

A novel physical phenomenon has been observed following the interaction of an intense (10(19) W/cm(2)) laser pulse with an underdense plasma. Long-lived, macroscopic bubblelike structures have been detected through the deflection that the associated electric charge separation causes in a proton probe beam. These structures are interpreted as the remnants of a cloud of relativistic solitons generated in the plasma by the ultraintense laser pulse. This interpretation is supported by an analytical study of the soliton cloud evolution, by particle-in-cell simulations, and by a reconstruction of the proton-beam deflection.     

Three-dimensional relativistic electromagnetic subcycle solitons

Three-dimensional (3D) relativistic electromagnetic subcycle solitons were observed in 3D particle-in-cell simulations of an intense short-laser-pulse propagation in an underdense plasma. Their structure resembles that of an oscillating electric dipole with a poloidal electric field and a toroidal magnetic field that oscillate in phase with the electron density with frequency below the Langmuir frequency. On the ion time scale, the soliton undergoes a Coulomb explosion of its core, resulting in ion acceleration, and then evolves into a slowly expanding quasineutral cavity.     

Large-amplitude plasma wave generation with a high-intensity short-pulse beat wave

A short-pulse laser beat wave scheme for advanced particle accelerator applications is examined. A short, intense (3-ps, >10(18)-W cm(-2)) two-frequency laser pulse is produced by use of a modified chirped-pulse amplification scheme and is shown to produce relativistic plasma waves during interactions with low-density plasmas. The generation of plasma waves was observed by measurement of forward Raman scattering. Resonance was found to occur at an electron density many times that expected, owing to ponderomotive displacement of plasma within the focal region.     

Nonlinear interaction of a circularly polarized electromagnetic wave with a dense laser plasma

The interaction of an intense circularly polarized laser pulse with a layer of plasma of supercritical density is studied. The nonlinear skin effect for the electromagnetic field and the coefficient of collisionless absorption of the laser pulse were calculated analytically. It is shown that, in the process of interaction with the plasma, the laser pulse generates solitons propagating through the plasma layer and transferring the radiation through the opaque medium. The coefficient of transparency of the plasma layer for the soliton-like penetration of the laser radiation was calculated. The plasma parameters at which the collisionless absorption is small as compared to the transformation of the laser energy into solitons were found.