超短超强激光与薄膜靶作用的光学光谱

 在SILEX-Ⅰ超短超强激光装置上,研究了30 fs,1.0×10¹⁹ W/cm²超短超强激光脉冲与薄膜靶作用产生的发射光谱。对于3 μm厚的铜靶,在激光沿靶面的镜面反射方向观测到二倍频和3/2倍频光谱,且都发生了红移。由红移量推测出等离子体反射面的后退速度约为2.6×10⁸ cm/s。对于200 nm厚CH靶,沿激光传播方向观察到超连续光谱,光谱波长范围从约300 nm延伸至约940 nm。利用MULTI-1D流体程序,模拟了超强激光的预脉冲与薄膜靶相互作用过程,结果表明,预脉冲对预等离子体的密度分布有显著影响,是导致实验观测光谱差异的原因。     

激光与固体靶相互作用中低密度预等离子体对高能电子产生的影响

 对线极化、圆极化的超短超强激光脉冲与靶前有一段低密度预等离子体的固体靶的相互作用进行了理论和粒子模拟研究。激光通过有质动力加速机制加速预等离子体中的电子，研究了电子获得的最大能量随激光强度和预等离子体密度的变化。当激光脉冲与靶直接作用时，靶中的电子由于J×B机制而得到加速，所获得的能量比预等离子体中电子低。研究表明，在超短超强激光脉冲与固体靶相互作用中，预等离子体的存在有利于高能电子的产生。     

充气型放电毛细管的密度测量及磁流体模拟

在激光尾波场电子加速机理中,为了有效地加速电子,需要抑制衍射散焦等造成的激光传输不稳定性问题. 激光脉冲的稳定传输不仅有利于能量耦合给等离子体波,而且对电子束的注入及稳定加速有着重要影响,具有一定横向密度分布的充气型放电毛细管可以有效引导激光脉冲的传输. 利用等离子体的Stark展宽效应对毛细管产生的等离子体进行密度测量,给出了等离子体密度与充气压强之间的关系. 利用磁流体程序CRMHA对毛细管的放电特性进行了模拟,研究了毛细管引导效应的形成机理. 关键词： 充气型放电毛细管 Stark展宽 磁流体模拟 引导     

超短强激光脉冲驱动等离子体波加速电子方案

随着超短脉冲激光技术的发展, 人们可以在台面尺度获得光强超过10¹⁸W/cm²、脉宽小于100fs的超短脉冲激光.超短脉冲激光很容易把静止的电子加速到兆电子伏的能量. 而更重要的是超短激光脉冲可以通过其有质动力激发大振幅的等离子体波(称为激光尾波场), 后者可以在毫米空间尺度把电子加速到上百兆电子伏的能量.文章将介绍激光尾波场加速电子的物理机制和方案、这个领域的最新进展、以及目前存在的问题.     

有质动力对超短脉冲激光与固体等离子体相互作用的影响

 通过测量由等离子体临界面移动造成的反射激光的频移，研究了有质动力对超短脉冲激光与固体等离子体相互作用的影响。实验表明，当激光强度达到10¹⁷ W/cm²时，有质动力将明显地降低等离子体热膨胀速度，造成极陡的密度分布，使得等离子体中的主导吸收机制，由共振吸收转换为真空吸收。     

用脉冲激光全息干涉术测量稠密等离子体电子密度分布

利用脉冲激光作为探测光源,采用全息双曝光法对激光惯性约束核聚变高温高稠度等离子体的诊断,开发了原理上全新的诊断方法.打靶主激光与探测激光实现严格同步Δt≤10^-11～10^-10s,可获得高空间分辨率Δδ≤1μm等离子体二维图象(阴影图象和干涉图象),并保证时间分辨率Δt达到10^-11s左右.记录等离子体折射率空间分布是测定密度剖面变化和计算等离子体流体动力学参量的基础.     

强激光等离子体耦合效应的数值模拟

 研究了高强度（10¹²(10^{14W/cm2）,纳秒脉冲(高斯型)激光与AI、 CH等离子体的耦合效应。采用一维双温、单流体力学方程组,数值模拟研究激光强度和波长对靶表面能量沉积和对等离子体特征参数的影响。激光等离子体耦合的主要机制有:轫致辐射、逆轫致辐射吸收、热扩散和电子、离子之间碰撞能量交换。给出了电子最高温度与光强的近似定量关系。}     

真空中微波等离子体喷流电子数密度分布规律实验研究

为了准确诊断真空中微波等离子体喷流的电子数密度，利用统一的发射和单郎缪尔探针测量等离子体的空间电位，再测量等离子体的电流-电压特性曲线.根据空间电位测量结果，在等离子体的电流-电压特性曲线上能准确地获取饱和电流，从而处理出电子数密度.最后的诊断实验表明，当真空环境压强为2—6 Pa、等离子体发生器以60 W以下的微波功率击穿流量范围是42—106 mg/s的氩气时，所产生的微波等离子体喷流中电子数密度分布在1×10¹⁶—7.2×10¹⁶/m³范围内.     

面向激光等离子体尾波加速的毛细管放电实验研究

具有合适径向密度分布的等离子体通道可以用于超短超强激光导引,这使得等离子体通道在激光尾波加速中有着重要的应用.本文介绍了在上海交通大学激光等离子体实验室开展的毛细管放电和光导引实验.通过光谱展宽法测量了充氦气的放电毛细管中的等离子体密度分布,在长度为3 cm、内径为300μm的毛细管中实现了轴向均匀,径向呈抛物线型的等离子体密度分布.通过改变放电延时和喷气时长,确定和优化了产生等离子体通道的参数区间,得到的最大通道深度为28μm,与实验中使用的激光焦斑半径匹配.在此基础之上,开展了不同能量的激光脉冲在放电等离子体通道中的导引研究,结果发现当通道深度与焦斑半径匹配时,激光可以不散焦地在通道中传输,实现激光导引.这项研究为未来的激光尾波级联加速和锁相加速等研究奠定了基础.     

预-主短脉冲激光驱动的高增益类氖氩软X射线激光

 用数值模拟程序计算了脉宽1.5ps预脉冲和主脉冲激光，经1.2ns的时间延迟先后泵浦喷射的密度为6.632×10^-3g/cm³的氩气柱，以获得高增益的类氖离子电子碰撞激发3p-3s跃迁激光的可能性。结果表明：在等离子体中能够形成宽的类氖离子丰度大于50%的区域，并且具有大于10²⁰ cm^-3的自由电子密度。主脉冲到达之后迅速加热自由电子，高密度的自由电子与类氖离子碰撞激发形成具有很高增益系数的增益区，增益区的半高宽度大约100μm，一维理论计算的增益系数为200~300cm^－1，持续时间大约相当于泵浦激光的时间宽度，在1~2ps之间。     

超短超强激光在稀薄等离子体中的自聚焦传输

 开展超短超强激光与次稠密等离子体相互作用实验,采用探针光对激光等离子体相互作用区域进行阴影成像,研究了不同激光功率与临界功率比值及不同激光脉冲长度与等离子体波波长比值下的激光在次稠密等离子体中的自聚焦传输。结果表明:相对论效应是超短脉冲在次稠密等离子体中的主要自聚焦机制,激光功率与临界功率比值是影响超短脉冲在次稠密等离子体中形成自聚焦的关键条件。     

Quasi-static electromagnetic pulse generated by ultra-intense laser pulses

A solitary structure of quasi-static electromagnetic pulse is formed in moderate density plasmas by a propagation of ultra-intense and ultra-short laser pulse, which is formed after the laser pulse is depleted and slowly propagates in the laser propagation direction. The structure is sustained by huge magnetic pressure and compensating electric field which are in an electromagnetic equilibrium together with the plasma motion. The solitary structure is formed when the resonance condition is satisfied and laser intensity is high enough to induce huge magnetic field pressure.     

Neutron Generation and Kinetic Energy of Expanding Laser Plasmas

We investigate the kinetic energy of expanding plasma of a solid target heated by a ultra-short and ultra-intense laser pulse and the efllciency of energy coupling between the ultra-intense laser pulse and the solid target, in order to increase the utilization ratio of laser energy and to raise the neutron generation farther. Some new ideas about improving the energy utilization by head-on collision~, between the expanding plasmas are proposed. The significance is the raise of generation of shorter duration neutron, of the order of picoseconds, which allows for an increase of energy resolution in time-of-flight experiments and also for the investigation of the dynamics of nuclear processes with high temporal resolution.     

Modulational instability of ultra-intense linearly polarized laser pulse in electron–positron plasmas

Based on the wave equation of ultra-intense linearly polarized laser pulse propagating in electron–positron plasmas, the modulational instability is investigated. The nonlinear dispersion relation and the growth rate of instability are derived. The effects of plasmas number density, temperature, and laser intensity on the growth rate are analyzed. Results show that in an electron–positron plasma with certain background density, the intensity of the modulation instability is mainly determined by the competition between the nonlinearity in the interaction and the relativistic light ponderomotive driven density responses.     

High density plasmas for recombination X-ray lasers

The scaling of recombination XUV lasers to shorter wavelengths requires laser plasmas produced at initial electron densities close to solid. With pump laser pulses longer than a few tens of picoseconds the hydrodynamic motion of the plasma during the interaction makes this difficult to achieve. In contrast, when picosecond laser pulses are used the laser energy is absorbed close to solid density since the plasma expansion is insignificant during the laser pulse. This results in hot near solid density plasmas which are needed for hydrogenic recombination X-ray lasers operating in the water window. Experimental observations have shown that a fully ionized aluminium plasma with a temperature of about 400 eV and a density well above 10²³ cm^–3 is produced when an aluminium target is irradiated with a single 3.5 ps high power KrF laser pulse.     

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。     

Allowable propagation of short pulse laser beam in a plasma channel and electromagnetic solitary waves

Nonparaxial and nonlinear propagation of a short intense laser beam in a parabolic plasma channel is analyzed by means of the variational method and nonlinear dynamics. The beam propagation properties are classified by five kinds of behaviors. In particularly, the electromagnetic solitary wave for finite pulse laser is found beside the other four propagation cases including beam periodically oscillating with defocussing and focusing amplitude, constant spot size, beam catastrophic focusing. It is also found that the laser pulse can be allowed to propagate in the plasma channel only when a certain relation for laser parameters and plasma channel parameters is satisfied. For the solitary wave, it may provide an effective way to obtain ultra-short laser pulse.     

相对论飞秒激光脉冲在真空中对预加速电子的加速

通过求解电子运动的相对论方程，发现预加速电子在超强超短激光脉冲的作用下可以获得很高的能量增益. 飞秒激光脉冲的上升沿在焦点附近的区域有效加速电子后，电子和光脉冲一起传播一段距离（远大于瑞利长度）后，激光强度变得很弱，从而使脉冲下降沿对电子的减速作用可以忽略不计，因此电子只经历加速过程而没有被减速，当电子和光脉冲分离时，电子获得了很高的能量增益. 当光强为10¹⁹Ｗ／cm² ，电子的初始能量为MeV量级时，电子的能量增益可以达到01GeV. 进一步讨论了电子的能量增益与电子的初始条件与激光脉冲的参数之间的关系. 关键词： 电子加速 飞秒激光脉冲 能量增益     

Ultra-short pulse laser interaction with transparent dielectrics

The interaction of intense, ultra-short laser pulses (USLP) with a surface of transparent dielectrics is considered. The combination of multi-photon absorption and impact ionization generates a plasma layer at the dielectric boundary. Interaction with the plasma self-consistently determines the amount of reflected, transmitted and absorbed light, and the spatial distribution of electron density. In the present paper, we model the interaction of USLP with transparent dielectrics. We calculate the evolution of electron density profiles and the variation of reflection, transmission and absorption of laser radiation during the pulse. We show that the laser-created surface plasma acts as a filter transmitting only the leading edge of the laser pulse. The transmitted energy is approximately fixed, nearly independent of input pulse energy. The transmitted energy increases with pulse duration. This increased energy is manifested in the formation of cylindrical shock waves directly applicable to recent experiments investigating absorption and shock generation in water. PACS 79.20.Ds; 81.15.Fg; 05.45.Pg