Reabsorption of resonant transition radiation

We study reabsorption of resonant transition radiation (RTR) of fast particles in a magnetoactive plasma with random inhomogeneities of electron density. The RTR growth rates are obtained for isotropic and anisotropic distribution functions of fast electrons. The coefficient of radio wave absorption by thermal electrons near the plasma frequency is obtained. It is shown that the RTR instability can be realized in the case of sufficiently strong anisotropy. The properties of such maser transition radiation allow us to distinguish it from other coherent mechanisms of radiation when interpreting laboratory and astrophysical observation results. St. Petersburg State Technical University, A. F. Ioffe Physical and Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 40, No. 8, pp. 941–951, August, 1997.     

On polarization of transition bremsstrahlung in a weakly gyrotropic plasma

The degree of polarization of transition bremsstrahlung (TBS) is calculated in a plasma with weak gyrotropy. The cases of weak and strong Faraday rotation in a radiation source are discussed. The distribution of polarization is shown to have no azimuthal symmetry, if the particle gyroradius is larger than the source size. We calculate the polarization degree of TBS for an ensemble of fast particles and show that polarization exceeds the respective value for transition radiation in the presence of nonthermal inhomogeneities of the plasma density.A. F. Ioffe Physical and Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 38, No. 9, pp. 887–892, September, 1995.     

Radiation of an Electric Dipole from a Small Plasma Spheroid

We obtain and analyze an analytical solution of the boundary-value problem of the field of an electric dipole located in a small spheroid filled with a cold isotropic plasma. The conditions of resonant amplification of the field in vacuum are studied for various shapes and curvatures of the plasma spheroid. It is shown that for a certain spheroid shape, the resonant amplification increases several times compared with the case of spherical plasma environment. The obtained results are compared with the resonant radiation of a dipole from a narrow elliptical plasma cylinder.     

X-ray transition radiation of electrons with energy of 300 to 900 MeV in periodic multifoil radiators

Results of experiments conducted at the Tomsk synchrotron to study resonant X-ray transition radiation generated by relativistic electrons in periodic multifoil radiators are reviewed. Both the internal synchrotron beam and the external secondary electron beam from the pair magnetic γ-spectrometer with energies ranging from 300 to 900 MeV were used in the experiments. The radiators consisted of many thin amorphous foils of various materials. The generation of X-ray radiation in a compound radiator consisting of a multifoil radiator and a crystal is also studied. In this case, the resonant X-ray transition radiation generated in the multifoil radiator is diffracted in the crystal and emitted at Bragg angles, together with the parametric X-ray radiation generated in the crystal. Spectral and angular properties of the resonant X-ray transition radiation and diffracted resonant X-ray transition radiation are investigated. The ratio between the contributions from the diffracted resonant X-ray transition radiation and other types of radiation to the total coherent X-ray radiation flux generated by electrons in periodic structures and crystals is estimated.     

Implications of cosmic string-induced density fluctuations at the quark-hadron transition

We show that cosmic strings moving through the plasma at the time of a first-order quark-hadron transition in the early universe generate baryon inhomogeneities, which can survive till the nucleosynthesis epoch. We find out how these inhomogeneities actually affect the calculated values of the light element abundances. Recently a wealth of observational data from various experiments have helped to reduce the uncertainties in the values of these abundances. Using these we show that it is possible to derive constraints in the presence of cosmic strings during the quark-hadron transition.     

Collisional radiative model of helium including response to resonant radiation

A collisional-radiative model of helium has been developed that incorporates the effect of optical pumping with light that is resonant with an atomic transition. A steady-state solution of the collisional- radiative model with no pumping is used as an initial condition. The pumping radiation is switched on, and the population densities of the atomic levels are calculated as a function of time. Results are given for a wide range of plasma parameters and various pumping conditions.     

Resonant transition radiation of solar radio bursts

We calculate the resonant transition radiation (RTR) using the most general formulas and obtain approximate analytical expressions describing the RTR dependence on the fast-particle velocity and magnetic-field intensity. Dependence of the RTR on the angle between the wave vector and the magnetic-field direction and also on the thermal velocity of background-plasma electrons is considered on the basis of approximate expressions for RTR, in which the longitudinal dielectric permittivity of the plasma is written neglecting the wave vector of transverse electromagnetic waves. The obtained dependences are combined into unified expressions for RTR coefficients. Comparison with the earlier found RTR coefficients is performed. It is shown that the obtained coefficients correspond better to the nature of the resonant transition radiation. Finally, the obtained RTR coefficients are used for interpretation of the radio emission of the solar burst of December 24, 1991. __________ Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 371–386, May 2007.     

The Formation of Large-Scale Plasma Disturbances Upon HF Ionosphere Heating: Dependence of the Disturbance Parameters on the Frequency and Power of HF Radiation

Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics - We study the dependence of the parameters of large-scale plasma inhomogeneities upon HF ionosphere heating on the frequency and power of HF radiation by using...     

Ultracold plasma in blue-detuned optical molasses

The possibility of a new application of optical molasses for viscous confinement and control of the state of ultracold electron-ion neutral plasma containing ions with quantum transition resonant with respect to the laser radiation has been shown. This viscous confinement scheme is based on the action of radiation damping force upon plasma ions in the strong field of standing light wave with large positive (“blue”) frequency detuning from resonance.     

Resonance processes during harmonic generation in plasmas using mid-infrared radiation

A few recently introduced approaches of the high-order harmonic generation in laser-produced plasmas are reviewed. We show how the tuning of odd and even high-order harmonics of ultrashort pulses along the strong resonance of laser-produced indium plasma using optical parametric amplifier of white-light continuum radiation (1250?1400 nm) allows observation of different harmonics enhanced in the vicinity of the transition of In II ions possessing high oscillator strength. We discuss various peculiarities and discuss the theoretical model of the phenomenon of tunable harmonics enhancement in the region of 62 nm using indium plasma. With the theoretical analysis, we present the approach allowing reproduce the experimental observations and characterize the dynamics of the resonant harmonic emissions. We also discuss the resonance enhancement of harmonics using mid-infrared radiation in the tin, chromium, and antimony plasmas and show the calculations of this process.     

Generation of undamped stokes radiation under resonant pumping of the dipole-forbidden transition in a Ξ-atom

We have developed a theory of the nonlinear ring interaction of three intense fields in the scheme of resonant Raman scattering on the dipole-allowed transition from the ground state to the first excited state of a cascade three-level quantum system. We show that the backward Stokes radiation generated by a pump resonant to the dipole-forbidden transition can be used in remote laser sensing of metal vapors.     

Extremely short pulses via stark modulation of the atomic transition frequencies

We propose a universal method to produce extremely short pulses of electromagnetic radiation in various spectral ranges. The essence of the method is a resonant interaction of radiation with atoms under the conditions of adiabatic periodic modulation of atomic transition frequencies by a far-off-resonant control laser field via dynamic Stark shift of the atomic levels and proper adjustment of the control field intensity and frequency, as well as the optical depth of the medium. The potential of the method is illustrated by an example in a hydrogenlike atomic system.     

Laser cooling of recombining electron-ion plasma

A method of producing and confining ultracold electron-ion plasma with a strongly nonideal ion subsystem is considered. The method is based on the laser cooling of plasma ions by the radiation resonant with the ion quantum transition. A model is developed for the laser cooling of recombining plasma. Computer simulation based on this model showed that the ion nonideality parameter can be as large as ～100. The data obtained demonstrate that the production of ultracold nonideal plasma is quite possible.     

Effect of pulse slippage on density transition-based resonant third-harmonic generation of short-pulse laser in plasma

The resonant third-harmonic generation of a self-focusing laser in plasma with a density transition was investigated. Because of self-focusing of the fundamental laser pulse, a transverse intensity gradient was created, which generated a plasma wave at the fundamental wave frequency. Phase matching was satisfied by using a Wiggler magnetic field, which provided additional angular momentum to the third-harmonic photon to make the process resonant. An enhancement was observed in the resonant third-harmonic generation of an intense short-pulse laser in plasma embedded with a magnetic Wiggler with a density transition. A plasma density ramp played an important role in the self-focusing, enhancing the third-harmonic generation in plasma. We also examined the effect of the Wiggler magnetic field on the pulse slippage of the third-harmonic pulse in plasma. The pulse slippage was due to the group-velocity mismatch between the fundamental and third-harmonic pulses.     

Optical transition radiation of relativistic electrons in amorphous quartz

Induced optical transition radiation of electrons with the energy of 7.5 MeV on inhomogeneities caused by energy losses of electrons has been investigated experimentally.     

Resonant scattering of solitons

We study the scattering of solitons in the nonlinear Schr?dinger equation on local inhomogeneities which may give rise to resonant transmission and reflection. In both cases, we derive resonance conditions for the soliton's velocity. The analytical predictions are tested numerically in regimes characterized by various time scales. Special attention is paid to intermode interactions and their effect on coherence, decoherence, and dephasing of plane-wave modes which build up the soliton.     

Extremely short pulses via resonantly induced transparency

We study a novel method to produce extremely short pulses of radiation in a resonant medium via induced transparency by means of adiabatic periodic modulation of atomic transition frequencies by far-off-resonant laser field, which causes linear Stark splitting of atomic energy levels resulting in partial transparency of an optically deep medium and drastic spectral modification of an incident resonant radiation. We find the regimes where the output spectrum corresponds to extremely short pulses and discuss several possible experimental realizations of generation of attosecond pulses in Li²⁺ ions and femtosecond pulses in atomic hydrogen with commercially available facilities.     

Scattering of radiation by a quasiperiodic two-dimensional medium

We study the scattering of radiation by a medium presenting inhomogeneities distributed in a quasiperiodic way. We show the existence of quasiperiodic solutions of the two-dimensional stationary wave equation, under certain conditions on the index of refraction, using a technique based on Dinaburg-Sinai method for one-dimensional Schrödinger equation with a quasiperiodic potential. Moreover we show that the energy spctrum contains a nonempty absolutely continuous component, with a subset having high degeneracy, provided the inhomogeneities are small enough.     

Nonlinear Laser Radiation Absorption Due to Relativistic Plasma Resonance in an Inhomogeneous Plasma

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics - We have developed an analytic theory of the nonlinear resonant absorption of electromagnetic radiation in an inhomogeneous plasma with account for...     

Results of studying the sporadic <Emphasis Type="Italic">E</Emphasis> layer by the method of resonant scattering of radio waves by artificial periodic inhomogeneities of the ionospheric plasma

We report on the results of studying the lower ionosphere by a method based on the resonant scattering of radio waves by artificial periodic inhomogeneities of the ionospheric plasma. Different aspects of studying the sporadic E layer such as the influence of the vertical transfer on its formation, the possibility of examination of its ion composition, and the influence of the ionosphere heating on the layer characteristics are discussed. The results of determining the parameters of the E _s layer and some characteristics of the lower ionosphere during the creation of artificial periodic inhomogeneities at two frequencies are presented. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 51, No. 11, pp. 956–969, November 2008.