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研究了在最佳除焦、预脉冲光束单独散焦及主预脉 时散焦三种不同抽运激光聚焦条件下,预脉冲诱导的类氖铁和锌J=0→1X射线激光的近场像。本实验是在Asteri iv磺激光装置上进行的,实验中主、预脉冲间的时间间隔为5ns。实验发现在抽运激光主、预脉冲最佳聚焦条件下,X射线激光束在2.5cm长的线状等离子体输出端沿靶面(垂直)方向分裂成两束;在抽运预脉冲单独散焦条件下,仍然观察到这一分裂现象;但是当抽运 相似文献
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Hot electron temperature and coupling efficiency scaling with prepulse for cone-guided fast ignition
Ma T Sawada H Patel PK Chen CD Divol L Higginson DP Kemp AJ Key MH Larson DJ Le Pape S Link A MacPhee AG McLean HS Ping Y Stephens RB Wilks SC Beg FN 《Physical review letters》2012,108(11):115004
The effect of increasing prepulse energy levels on the energy spectrum and coupling into forward-going electrons is evaluated in a cone-guided fast-ignition relevant geometry using cone-wire targets irradiated with a high intensity (10(20) W/cm(2)) laser pulse. Hot electron temperature and flux are inferred from Kα images and yields using hybrid particle-in-cell simulations. A two-temperature distribution of hot electrons was required to fit the full profile, with the ratio of energy in a higher energy (MeV) component increasing with a larger prepulse. As prepulse energies were increased from 8 mJ to 1 J, overall coupling from laser to all hot electrons entering the wire was found to fall from 8.4% to 2.5% while coupling into only the 1-3 MeV electrons dropped from 0.57% to 0.03%. 相似文献
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在中国科学院物理研究所"极光Ⅱ 号"飞秒激光装置上,对激光与薄膜靶相互作用产生的靶后质子束特性进行了实验研究.结果发现,在主脉冲前存在较强的飞秒预脉冲的情况下,通过适当地对激光束散焦,可以使质子束的转换效率提高3 个数量级,并同时改善质子束的准直性.分析表明,激光散焦的方法可以有效地抑制预脉冲的流体力学效应对质子加速的负面影响,从而提高质子的转换效率.此外,粒子模拟还发现,散焦量增大时可以产生更多的中低能超热电子,这也有利于建立高质量的质子加速电场.
关键词:
超短脉冲激光与等离子体相互作用
质子加速
转换效率 相似文献
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The interaction of femtosecond laser pulses with solid targets was studied through experiments and particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. It is proved that the vacuum heating and the inverse bremsstralung process are the main mechanisms of the laser pulse absorption under such conditions. The distribution of hot electrons and that of X-ray are found to have double-temperature structure, which is confirmed by PIC simulations. While the lower temperature is attributed to the resonant absorption, the higher one, however, is caused by the laser-induced electric field in the target normal direction. The time-integrated spectra ofthe reflected laser pulse shows that the mechanism of electron acceleration is determined by the plasma density profile. 相似文献
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Wang HY Lin C Sheng ZM Liu B Zhao S Guo ZY Lu YR He XT Chen JE Yan XQ 《Physical review letters》2011,107(26):265002
By 3D particle-in-cell simulation and analysis, we propose a plasma lens to make high intensity, high contrast laser pulses with a steep front. When an intense, short Gaussian laser pulse of circular polarization propagates in near-critical plasma, it drives strong currents of relativistic electrons which magnetize the plasma. Three pulse shaping effects are synchronously observed when the laser passes through the plasma lens. The laser intensity is increased by more than 1 order of magnitude while the initial Gaussian profile undergoes self-modulation longitudinally and develops a steep front. Meanwhile, a nonrelativistic prepulse can be absorbed by the overcritical plasma lens, which can improve the laser contrast without affecting laser shaping of the main pulse. If the plasma skin length is properly chosen and kept fixed, the plasma lens can be used for varied laser intensity above 10(19) W/cm(2). 相似文献
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Mechanism of terahertz (THz) pulse generation in gases irradiated by ultrashort laser pulses is investigated theoretically. Quasi-static transverse currents produced by laser field ionization of gases and the longitudinal modulation in formed plasmas are responsible for the THz emission at the electron plasma frequency, as demonstrated by particle-in-cell simulations including field ionization. The THz field amplitude scaling with the laser amplitude within a large range is also discussed. 相似文献
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Mechanism of terahertz (THz) pulse generation in gases irradiated by ultrashort laser pulses is investigated theoretically. Quasi-static transverse currents produced by laser field ionization of gases and the longitudinal modulation in formed plasmas are responsible for the THz emission at the electron plasma frequency, as demonstrated by particle-in-cell simulations including field ionization. The THz field amplitude scaling with the laser amplitude within a large range is also discussed. 相似文献
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An externally applied longitudinal magnetic field was found to enhance the particle trapping in the laser wakefield acceleration. When a static magnetic field of a few tens of tesla is applied in parallel with the propagation direction of a driving laser pulse, it is shown from two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations that total charge of the trapped beam and its maximum energy increase. The analysis of electron trajectories strongly suggests that the enhanced trapping originates from the suppression of the transverse motion by the magnetic field. The enhanced trapping by the magnetic field was observed consistently for various values of the plasma density, the amplitude of the laser pulse and pulse spot size. 相似文献
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Dollar F Matsuoka T Petrov GM Thomas AG Bulanov SS Chvykov V Davis J Kalinchenko G McGuffey C Willingale L Yanovsky V Maksimchuk A Krushelnick K 《Physical review letters》2011,107(6):065003
By using temporal pulse shaping of high-contrast, short pulse laser interactions with solid density targets at intensities of 2 × 10(21) W cm(-2) at a 45° incident angle, we show that it is possible to reproducibly generate quasimonoenergetic proton and ion energy spectra. The presence of a short pulse prepulse 33 ps prior to the main pulse produced proton spectra with an energy spread between 25% and 60% (ΔE/E) with energy of several MeV, with light ions becoming quasimonoenergetic for 50 nm targets. When the prepulse was removed, the energy spectra was broad. Numerical simulations suggest that expansion of the rear-side contaminant layer allowed for density conditions that prevented the protons from being screened from the sheath field, thus providing a low energy cutoff in the observed spectra normal to the target surface. 相似文献
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Düsterer S. Schwoerer H. Ziegler W. Salzmann D. Sauerbrey R. 《Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics》2003,76(1):17-21
The influence of prepulses on the conversion efficiency (CE) of laser radiation into 13 nm extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation,
resulting from lithium-like oxygen ions from O20 μm water droplets, was investigated. The laser pulse durations in the experiment
ranged from 200 fs to 120 ps. Applying prepulses preceding the main pulse at various delays of up to 11 ns, it was shown that
the CE increases differently for each measured pulse duration. The strongest dependence on the introduction of a prepulse
was observed for 2 ps laser pulses with a 20 mJ laser pulse energy. The EUV CE was improved by a factor of 15 by the introduction
of a prepulse. Calculations on the atomic physics of oxygen ions and simulations of the laser–plasma interaction revealed
the influence of the prepulse on the EUV yield.
Received: 25 October 2002 / Published online: 22 January 2003
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Romagnani L Fuchs J Borghesi M Antici P Audebert P Ceccherini F Cowan T Grismayer T Kar S Macchi A Mora P Pretzler G Schiavi A Toncian T Willi O 《Physical review letters》2005,95(19):195001
The acceleration of multi-MeV protons from the rear surface of thin solid foils irradiated by an intense (approximately 10(18) W/cm2) and short (approximately 1.5 ps) laser pulse has been investigated using transverse proton probing. The structure of the electric field driving the expansion of the proton beam has been resolved with high spatial and temporal resolution. The main features of the experimental observations, namely, an initial intense sheath field and a late time field peaking at the beam front, are consistent with the results from particle-in-cell and fluid simulations of thin plasma expansion into a vacuum. 相似文献
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We present analytical studies of electron acceleration in the low-density preplasma of a thin solid target by an intense femtosecond laser pulse. Electrons in the preplasma are trapped and accelerated by the ponderomotive force as well as the wake field. Two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations show that when the laser pulse is stopped by the target, electrons trapped in the laser pules can be extracted and move forward inertially. The energeticelectron bunch in the bubble is unaffected by the reflected pulse and passes through the target with small energy spread and emittance. There is an optimal preplasma density for the generation of the monoenergetic electron bunch if a laser pulse is given. The maximum electron energy is inverse proportion to the preplasma density. 相似文献
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Spatial distribution of high-energy electron emission from water plasmas produced by femtosecond laser pulses 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Li YT Zhang J Sheng ZM Teng H Liang TJ Peng XY Lu X Li YJ Tang XW 《Physical review letters》2003,90(16):165002
High energy electrons emitted by water plasmas produced by a single or a multiple laser pulse are investigated. The multipulse mode greatly enhances the generation and the temperature of hot electrons. Directional emission of high energy electrons over 25 keV is observed in two symmetric directions with respect to the laser axis and at 46 degrees from the directions of the laser electric field. Two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations reproduce well the experimental results and indicate that the acceleration mechanism of the high energy electrons is due mainly to the resonance absorption at the edge of the spherical droplets formed by the leading pulse. 相似文献
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Zhidkov AG Pikuz SA Faenov AY Chefonov OV Ovchinnikov AV Agranat MB Zigler A 《Optics letters》2012,37(5):884-886
X ray radiation as high as 50 keV, including K(α) of Ba and Mo, have been observed from a solid target during the interaction of low energy ~0.65 mJ, 1 kHz 40 femtosecond laser pulses focused in air at atmospheric pressure. Energetic electrons generating such x rays are possibly produced when the field strength in laser pulse wake exceeds the runaway threshold in air. Two dimensional particle-in-cell simulations that include optical field ionization of air and elastic collisions support this mechanism. 相似文献
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Short-laser-pulse-driven emission of energetic ions into a solid target from a surface layer spalled by a laser prepulse 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
A.G. Zhidkov L.V. Zhigilei A. Sasaki T. Tajima 《Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing》2001,73(6):741-747
An efficient emission of picosecond bunches of energetic protons and carbon ions from a thin layer spalled from a organic
solid by a laser prepulse is demonstrated numerically. We combine the molecular dynamics technique and multi-component collisional
particle-in-cell method with plasma ionization to simulate the laser spallation and ejection of a thin (∼20–30 nm) solid layer
from an organic target and its further interaction with an intense femtosecond laser pulse. In spite of its small thickness,
a layer produced by laser spallation efficiently absorbs ultrashort laser pulses with the generation of hot electrons that
convert their energy to ion energy. The efficiency of the conversion of the laser energy to ions can be as high as 20%, and
10% to MeV ions. A transient electrostatic field created between the layer and surface of the target is up to 10 GV/cm.
Received: 13 March 2001 / Accepted: 20 March 2001 / Published online: 20 June 2001 相似文献
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Laser ion-acceleration scaling laws seen in multiparametric particle-in-cell simulations 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The ion acceleration driven by a laser pulse at intensity I= 10(20)-10(22) W/cm(2) x (microm/lambda)(2) from a double layer target is investigated with multiparametric particle-in-cell simulations. For targets with a wide range of thickness l and density n(e), at a given intensity, the highest ion energy gain occurs at certain electron areal density of the target sigma = n(e)l, which is proportional to the square root of intensity. In the case of thin targets and optimal laser pulse duration, the ion maximum energy scales as the square root of the laser pulse power. When the radiation pressure of the laser field becomes dominant, the ion maximum energy becomes proportional to the laser pulse energy. 相似文献
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Bastiani S Audebert P Geindre JP Schlegel T Gauthier JC Quoix C Hamoniaux G Grillon G Antonetti A 《Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics》1999,60(3):3439-3442
We have studied the distribution function of the hot electrons produced during the interaction of a 120-fs, 60-mJ, 800-nm wavelength and a p-polarized laser pulse with bilayered Al/Fe targets. The main pulse interacts with a preformed plasma, obtained with a controlled prepulse, whose density gradient scale length has been measured. The electron distribution function is characterized by means of the Kalpha emission of the two materials of the target as a function of the Al-layer thickness. The low-energy region (<50 keV) of the hot-electron distribution function shows no dependency in shape on the gradient scale length, but only a variation in the total number of the generated electrons. The comparison between the experimental results and the particle-in-cell and Monte Carlo calculations of the electron distribution function and the Kalpha emission is gratifying. 相似文献
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Yan XQ Lin C Sheng ZM Guo ZY Liu BC Lu YR Fang JX Chen JE 《Physical review letters》2008,100(13):135003
A new ion acceleration method, namely, phase-stable acceleration, using circularly-polarized laser pulses is proposed. When the initial target density n(0) and thickness D satisfy a(L) approximately (n(0)/n(c))D/lambda(L) and D>l(s) with a(L), lambda(L), l(s), and n(c) the normalized laser amplitude, the laser wavelength in vacuum, the plasma skin depth, and the critical density of the incident laser pulse, respectively, a quasiequilibrium for the electrons is established by the light pressure and the space charge electrostatic field at the interacting front of the laser pulse. The ions within the skin depth of the laser pulse are synchronously accelerated and bunched by the electrostatic field, and thereby a high-intensity monoenergetic proton beam can be generated. The proton dynamics is investigated analytically and the results are verified by one- and two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. 相似文献
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The transverse oscillatory motion of trapped electrons under the influence of the laser fields trailing the temporally-asymmetric driving laser pulse was investigated with a theoretical model of the quasi-steady state solution of trapped electron dynamics in the cavity. Our studies show that the transverse oscillation of electrons accelerated in the ion cavity can increase drastically due to the resonance with the laser field of the tail of the temporally-asymmetric pulse. The motion of the accelerated electrons can be represented by a forced harmonic oscillation and it was confirmed by 2D particle-in-cell simulations. These transverse oscillations of beams lead to micro-bunching as well, which can be used for generation of femtosecond coherent radiations of keV range photon energies. 相似文献