激光质子照相特性模拟研究

基于超短激光驱动的质子源的照相技术是传统质子照相技术的发展. 使用FLUKA蒙特卡罗（MC）程序,依据激光质子源的特点,对质子照相进行了定量的模拟研究. 通过对三种典型情况的模拟 （半平面靶及台阶靶,激光惯性约束聚变研究用黑腔,磁场网格照相） 分析了影响质子照相的主要物理因素, 表明了激光质子照相具有对界面敏感,高空间分辨,对磁场敏感的优点. 关键词： 超短激光 质子照相 蒙特卡罗     

Spatial-temporal measurements of magnetic fields in laser-produced plasmas

The results of an investigation of the electromagnetic wave polarization, probing high-temperature laser plasma, as well as spatial-temporal structure of the magnetic fields, electron density, current density, and electron drift velocity are presented. To create the plasma, plane massive Al targets were irradiated with the second harmonic of a phoenix Nd laser at intensities up to 5·10¹⁴ W/cm². It was shown that the magnetooptical Faraday effect is the main mechanism responsible for the changing polarization of the probing wave. Magnetic fields up to 0.4 MG with electron densities ∼10²⁰ cm⁻³ were measured. Analysis of the magnetic field spatial distribution showed that the current density achieved the value ∼90 MA/cm² on the laser axis. The radial structure of the magnetic field testified to the availability of the reversed current in the laser plasma. The spatial and temporal resolutions in these experiments were equaled to ∼5 μsec and ∼50 psec, respectively. Translated from Preprint No. 35 of the Lebedev Physics Institute, Moscow, 1993.     

激光加速质子束对电磁孤立子的照相模拟研究

激光在次稠密等离子中传输, 由于频率下移而被俘获, 从而产生电磁孤立子. 根据先前理论及PIC 模拟给出的孤立子的演化过程, 对不同阶段孤立子的电磁场分布进行了建模. 使用Geant4蒙特卡罗程序, 模拟研究了激光加速产生的能量为几个MeV的质子束对后孤立子的照相. 分析了质子能量, 质子源尺寸等因素对照相结果的影响, 并利用了TNSA加速产生质子束的分幅特性, 开展了时间分辨的孤立子照相模拟研究. 模拟给出的质子照相结果验证了文献中给出的孤立子静电场模型, 为以后在实验上探测孤立子提供了理论依据. 关键词： 超短激光 质子照相 孤立子 蒙特卡罗方法     

Effect of small-scale de magnetic fields on filamentation in laser-produced plasmas

A mechanism driving filamentation instability by self-generated small-scale magnetic fields in laser-produced plasmas is suggested with use of a simplified model. The wavelength dependence of the filamentation mechanism is very strong. The predictions of the model are consistent with experimental observations.     

基于D3He反应产生的单能质子对ICF内爆过程的照相模拟研究

 为实现单能质子对惯性约束聚变(ICF)内爆过程的诊断,使用FLUKA蒙特卡罗程序模拟分析了影响质子对内爆过程诊断的因素。通过设置不同初始质子数目,来分析质子产额对小球图像质量的影响,结果发现,要得到清晰图像,需要10⁹的质子数。参照实验中常用的靶参数,模拟了直接驱动和间接驱动条件下的照相情况,分析了间接驱动情况下,金属腔对质子束的散射会造成内爆小球图像模糊,说明质子照相不适合间接驱动内爆。给出了一种时间分辨的质子照相方法,通过调整质子产生和内爆产生的时间差,实现了对内爆过程前后不同时刻的照相等。模拟表明,D³He反应产生的14.7 MeV的准单能质子具有的脉宽短、尺寸小的优点,可用于ICF内爆过程的动态照相。     

Pulsations and chaos in laser-produced plasmas

A general criterion is proposed predicting the onset of chaotic behavior for parametric processes in a laser-produced plasma. The conditions when the transition to the stochastic regime occur are determined for various parametric instabilities excited when a high intensity laser interacts with a plasma. The complicated temporal structure observed in 3/2₀, 2₀, 1₀, and fast electron emission in experiments using high-intensity (I10^15–17 W/cm²), short ( _L 40–200 psec) Nd laser pulses is attributed to the reflection seeded SBS instability being driven into this regime.Lebedev Physics Institute, Leninsky Prospect 53, Moscow 117924 Russia.     

Ionization effects in laser-produced plasmas

We describe a steady state density and temperature dependent atomic physics package TRIP (4) which we have incorporated into a 1-D lagrangian computer code MEDUSA. Using this modified version of the code we evaluate the degree of ionization and study the effect of atomic processes in laser-compression simulations of gas filled micro-balloons.     

Filamentation and jets in line-focused laser-produced plasmas

In line-focused laser-produced plasma experiments on planar and cylindrical targets, we have observed the line-focused laser beam breakup into filaments as well as small-scale plasma jet-like structures. These phenomena might become obstacles in achieving optimum X-ray lasing in the type of experiments using line-focused laser-produced plasmas as a gain medium.     

Optical energy balance in laser-produced plasmas

Optical energy balance in plasmas produced by irradiating solid targets by highpower laser pulses, has been experimentally determined. The total light scattered has been measured as a function of the laser intensity and the irratiated spot diameter. It has been found that the net light absorption does not depend on the laser intensity alone, but is also affected by the irradiated spot area. It has also been observed that diffuse back reflection becomes a dominant loss mechanism at high incident flux and small irradiated spot area.     

Density scalelength estimation in laser-produced plasmas

The relative intensities of the blue- and red-shifted satellites of three-halves harmonic spectra backscattered from plasmas produced by irradiation of targets with a high power Nd laser pulse have been measured. These have been used to estimate the plasma density scalelength due to the different emergent paths of each satellite.     

基于D3He反应产生的单能质子对ICF内爆过程的照相模拟研究

为实现单能质子对惯性约束聚变(ICF)内爆过程的诊断,使用FLUKA蒙特卡罗程序模拟分析了影响质子对内爆过程诊断的因素。通过设置不同初始质子数目,来分析质子产额对小球图像质量的影响,结果发现,要得到清晰图像,需要109的质子数。参照实验中常用的靶参数,模拟了直接驱动和间接驱动条件下的照相情况,分析了间接驱动情况下,金属腔对质子束的散射会造成内爆小球图像模糊,说明质子照相不适合间接驱动内爆。给出了一种时间分辨的质子照相方法,通过调整质子产生和内爆产生的时间差,实现了对内爆过程前后不同时刻的照相等。模拟表明,D3He反应产生的14.7 MeV的准单能质子具有的脉宽短、尺寸小的优点,可用于ICF内爆过程的动态照相。     

High-order harmonic generation in nanoparticle-containing laser-produced plasmas

Nanoparticle-containing media can be used for the efficient high-order harmonic generation (HHG) of laser radiation in the extreme ultraviolet range. We review the results of recent studies of the HHG in laser-produced plasmas containing Ag, Au, Pd, Pt, Ru, GaN, BaTiO₃, and SrTiO₃ nanoparticles. The harmonics of femtosecond radiation up to the 55th order were achieved using the nanoparticle-containing plumes, when the femtosecond radiation propagated through the preformed plasma. These results are compared with the high-order harmonics generated from the plasma produced on the surface of bulk targets at different delays between the subnanosecond heating prepulse and femtosecond pulse. We discuss a six-fold enhancement of the HHG yield, which was achieved in the case of nanoparticle-containing plumes with regard to the monoparticle-containing plasmas.     

氙激光等离子体的双电子复合过程研究(英文)

在自旋-轨道劈裂阵模型下,通过类铜的内壳层激发组态计算了类镍氙的双电子复合速率系数,其中考虑了共振和非共振辐射平衡跃迁对自电离能级的影响,而忽略了因碰撞跃迁引起的电子俘获,非共振辐射平衡跃迁在低电子温度条件下主要影响双电子复合过程;本文讨论了双电子复合系数及双电子伴线强度比随电子温度的变化.     

Measuring magnetic fields in plasmas by means of light scattering

The theory of light scattering in plasmas containing a magnetic field yields the special case of modulated scattering spectra. The modulation frequency is governed by the field in the plasma and is equal to the electron cyclotron frequency. In this investigation magnetic fields in a plasma were determined by a laser scattering experiment. The experimental data were: electron densityn _e=10¹⁶cm^?3, electron temperatureT _e=3.2 eV, scattering angle θ=90 °, scattering parameter α=0.6, and a maximum field in the plasma of 125 kG. The spectrum measured at the maximum magnetic field was modulated with 3.6 × 10¹¹ Hz. In scattering experiments with a field reduced by about 20% the observed modulation frequency was 2.8 × 10¹¹ Hz. A thermal spectrum with a smooth profile was found when no field was present in the plasma. Applying the theory of cyclotron modulated spectra one obtains from the scattering experiment magnetic fields of 128, 100, and 0 kG. Within the experimental accuracy these values agree well with the fields determined by means of magnetic probes. Other possible interpretations of the measured deviations from thermal spectra (modulation with the plasma frequency or additional cold electron components in the plasma) are discussed, but they afford no explanation. This experiment has domonstrated that magnetic fields in plasmas can be measured locally and almost without disturbance by means of light scattering.     

钽激光等离子体的自电离和辐射衰减特性(英文)

在自旋轨道劈裂阵模型下,考虑组态间的耦合,计算出类铜钽激光等离子体的跃迁组态的波长和对应的波数,通过组态平均分析了其自电离与辐射跃迁特性,得出相关的自电离系数和辐射衰减系数,这些参数为分析高离化钽激光等离子体的双电子复合过程提供了重要的理论依据.