Effects of Relativistic and Ponderomotive Nonlinearities on an Intense Laser Pulse Propagation in a Plasma Channel

The optical guiding of a moderately intense laser pulse in a parabolic preformed plasma channel is analyzed by means of the variational method.Relativistic,ponderomotive and their coupling nonlinearities are included.The conditions for periodic defocusing and focusing,as well as constant spot size propagation are given.It is found that the laser focusing is released by the coupling of relativistic and ponderomotive nonlinearities.     

相对论电子的逆韧致吸收

在激光强度大于１０＾１８Ｗ／ｃｍ＾２的条件下，利用强激光场中完全相对论的电子运动轨迹，得到了稀薄等离子体中的韧致吸收系数计算公式，并与原有的逆韧致吸收系数的计算公式进行了比较。     

Neutral Dissociation of Superexcited Nitric Oxide Induced by Intense Laser Fields

利用波长800 nm、脉宽60 fs、强度0.2 PW/cm²的强激光激发NO分子,随后通过荧光光谱检测到了处于激发态的N和O的中性碎片. 说明强激光导致的多光子激发同样可以引起NO分子的超激发,并且发生中性解离. 采用离子实解离模型,建立了NO分子的超激发态势能曲线. 提出了直接解离和预解离两种解离过程,分别对应生成N^*+O或O^*+N两个通道.     

稠密等离子体表面不稳定性的入射光偏振态效应

用二维粒子模拟程序研究了相对论强激光和稠密等离子体相互作用引起的表面不稳定。数值模拟表明,在s偏振光作用下,等离子体表面出现了类瑞利泰勒不稳定性。形成的不稳定结构随时间发展进一步深入到等离子体内部,最终使等离子体密度形成分层泡状结构,并向前传播。这种不稳定的产生与初始等离子体密度有密切关系,在高于20倍临界密度等离子体的表面没有明显观察到这种不稳定。在p偏振激光作用下,等离子体表面不能明显地形成这种结构。因此在三维几何结构下,这种等离子体表面不稳定性将呈现各向异性。这种表面不稳定将直接影响高次谐波产生和离子加速效率。     

On Generalized Relativistic Billiards in External Force Fields

In this Letter, we study generalized relativistic billiards: as a particle reflects from the boundary of the domain, its velocity is transformed as if the particle underwent an elastic collision with a moving wall, considered within the framework of the special theory of relativity. Inside the domain, the particle moves under the influence of some gravitational and nongravitational force fields.We study both periodic and 'monotone' action of the boundary. We prove that under some general conditions the invariant manifold in the velocity phase space of the generalized billiard, where the point velocity equals the velocity of light, is an exponential attractor, and for an open set of initial conditions the particle energy tends to infinity.     

强激光中原子过程的理论研究

从理论角度结合实际工作,概要地介绍强激光中原子过程的特点、理论研究现状及其在激光核聚变中的可能作用． A most important feature of atomic processes in laser fusion is pointed out. The current situation of theoretical study of these processes is analyzed, then. The possible application of the theoretical study is described by a illustrative example.All of the above mentioned things are based on our practical work.     

General Formulation for the Ponderomotive Force in a Warm Two Fluid Magnetized Plasma

A general expression for the ponderomotive force in a warm, inhomogeneous, nonstationary, magnetized and collisionless two fluid plasma in the presence of electromagnetic field is obtained. We start with two fluid equations viz. continuity, momentum equations and Maxwell's equation. Expanding the physical quantities in terms of a high frequency part and a slowly varying part and averaging the quantities over one period of the high frequency, we have obtained the expression for the ponderomotive force. The results are compared with the results of earlier workers under different approximations.     

On the Possibility to Observe Collective Tunneling in Ionization of Atoms by Intense Laser Fields

JETP Letters - The shape of momentum distributions of doubly charged ions emerging in the process of ionization of atoms in an intense low-frequency circularly polarized laser field is discussed....     

Resonant Acceleration of Electrons in Combined Self-Consistent Quasistatic Electromagnetic Fields and Intense Laser Fields

Using the single electron model, the acceleration of electrons in combined circularly polarized intense laser fields and the spontaneous quasistatic fields （including axial and azimuthal magnetic fields, the axial and transverse electric fields） produced in intense laser plasma interaction is investigated analytically and numerically by fitting the proper parameters of the quasistatic fields based on the data from the experiment and numerical calculation. A new resonant condition is given. It is found that the resonance acceleration of electron depends not only on laser field, but also on the bounce frequency oscillating in the quasistatic magnetic field and electric field. The net energy gained by electron does not increase monotonously with axial electric field, but there are some optimal axial electric fields.     

Investigation of Weakly Relativistic Ponderomotive Effects on Self-Focusing During Interaction of High Power Elliptical Laser Beam with Plasma

This paper presents an investigation of weakly relativistic ponderomotive effects on self-focusing during interaction of high power elliptical laser beam with plasma. The nonlinear differential equations for the beam width parameters of elliptical laser beam have set up by using Wentzal–Krammers–Brillouin(WKB) and paraxial approximations. These equations have been solved numerically by using fourth order Runge–Kutta method to study the variation of these beam width parameters against normalized distance of propagation. Effects of variation in laser beam intensity,plasma density and electron temperature on the beam width parameters are also analyzed.     

Spatiotemporal Evolution of Intense Short Gaussian Laser Pulses in Weakly Relativistic Magnetized Plasma

The weakly relativistic regime of propagation of a short and intense laser pulse in the magnetized plasma is investigated. By considering relativistic nonlinearity and using non‐linear Schrödinger equation with paraxial approximation, two second‐order coupled differential equations are obtained for the longitudinal pulse width parameter (in time) and for the transverse pulse width parameter (in space). The simultaneous evolution of spot size and length of a relativistic Gaussian laser pulse in a magnetized plasma can be calculated by the numerical solution of the equations. The effect of magnetic field is investigated. It is observed that in the presence of magnetic field both the self‐compression and the self‐focusing can be enhanced. Furthermore, the interplay between the longitudinal self‐compression and the transverse self‐focusing in a magnetized plasma is investigated. (© 2016 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Double Ionization Dynamics of Molecular Hydrogen in Ultrashort Intense Laser Fields

We experimentally investigate the double ionization of molecular hydrogen subjected to ultrashort intense laser pulses.The total kinetic energy release of the two coincident H~+ ions,which provides a diagnosis of different processes to double ionization of H_2,is measured for two different pulse durations,i.e.,25 and 5fs,and various laser intensities.It is found that,for the long pulse duration(i.e.,25 fs),the double ionization occurs mainly via two processes,i.e.,the charge resonance enhanced ionization and recollision-induced double ionization.Moreover,the contributions from these two processes can be significantly modulated by changing the laser intensity.In contrast,for a few-cycle pulse of 5fs,only the recollsion-induced double ionization survives,and in particular,this process could be solely induced by the first-return recollision at appropriate laser intensities,providing an efficient way to probe the sub-laser-cycle molecular dynamics.     

Simulation of Electron Temperature in Argon Clusters Subjected to Intense Laser Fields

Argon clusters subjected to intense femtosecond laser pulses are ionized by the optical fields and inelastic electron-ion collisions. The cluster plasmas absorb the laser energy through collisional inverse bremsstrahlung, leading the argon cluster plasmas to very hot states. The calculated electron temperature in the clusters indicates that the intense laser-cluster interactions are more energetic than interactions with molecules.     

Simulation of Electron Temperature in Argon Clusters Subjected to Intense Laser Fields

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强激光场中对称三原子分子多光子振动激发的动力学李代数计算

用分子的内坐标给出的动能加上用动力学代数方法给出的用内坐标表示的分子势能得出对称三原子分子的总的能量表达式,给出了时间演化算子并计算了对称三原子分子在强激光场中振动激发。作为例子,计算了H2O分子在频率 的激光场中的激发,通过讨论可以发现H2O在激光场中的跃迁几率随时间的变化是周期性的,水分子从激光场中吸收的能量由吸收的平均光子数确定,被吸收的平均光子数随时间的变化也是周期性的。     

强激光场中对称三原子分子多光子振动激发的动力学李代数计算

用分子的内坐标给出的动能加上用动力学代数方法给出的用内坐标表示的分子势能得出对称三原子分子的总的能量表达式,给出了时间演化算子并计算了对称三原子分子在强激光场中振动激发.作为例子,计算了H2O分子在频率wF=3652 cm-1的激光场中的激发,通过讨论可以发现H2O在激光场中的跃迁几率随时间的变化是周期性的,水分子从激光场中吸收的能量由吸收的平均光子数确定,被吸收的平均光子数随时间的变化也是周期性的.     

Electron Acceleration by Beating of Two Intense Cross-Focused Hollow Gaussian Laser Beams in Plasma

This paper presents propagation of two cross-focused intense hollow Gaussian laser beams(HGBs) in collisionless plasma and its effect on the generation of electron plasma wave(EPW) and electron acceleration process,when relativistic and ponderomotive nonlinearities are simultaneously operative. Nonlinear differential equations have been set up for beamwidth of laser beams, power of generated EPW, and energy gain by electrons using WKB and paraxial approximations. Numerical simulations have been carried out to investigate the effect of typical laser-plasma parameters on the focusing of laser beams in plasmas and further its effect on power of excited EPW and acceleration of electrons. It is observed that focusing of two laser beams in plasma increases for higher order of hollow Gaussian beams,which significantly enhanced the power of generated EPW and energy gain. The amplitude of EPW and energy gain by electrons is found to enhance with an increase in the intensity of laser beams and plasma density. This study will be useful to plasma beat wave accelerator and in other applications requiring multiple laser beams.     

Vortex Condensates for Relativistic Abelian Chern-Simons Model with Two Higgs Scalar Fields and Two Gauge Fields on a Torus

We prove the existence of maximal condensates for the relativistic Abelian Chern-Simons equations involving two Higgs particles and two gauge fields on a torus. After a change of variable, we obtain a variational formulation of the problem whose critical points are equivalent to the original system of the equation. We prove existence of a local minimizer for this functional as well as the existence of a second mountain-pass critical point. Dedicated to Professor Louis Nirenberg