Simulation study of electron injection into plasma wake fields by colliding laser pulses using OOPIC

An electron injector concept for a laser-plasma accelerator has been developed which relies on the use of counter propagating ultrashort laser pulses. In this paper, we use OOPIC the fully self-consistent, two-dimensional, particle-in-cell code to make a parameter study to determine the bunches that can be obtained through collisions of two collinear laser pulses in uniform plasma. A series of simulations show that one can obtain a short (<10fs) bunch with its charge of about 15pC, and energy spread of about 15%. We also discussed the variation of the transverse spot size of the electron bunch and found the bunch would undergo the betatron oscillations.     

超强圆偏振激光直接加速产生超高能量电子束

研究表明, 峰值强度为10²²–10²⁵ W/cm²量级的圆偏振激光脉冲的有质动力场可以直接加速并产生GeV–TeV的单能电子束, 其中被加速电子的能量与激光脉冲的峰值强度成线性定标关系. 为了获得更高能量的电子束, 通过对一维解析模型的分析得到: 如果电子束在激光传播的方向上具一个初始能量E₀, 那么这种线性的定标关系可以被打破, 被加速电子束最终的能量可以被放大E₀倍. 这是由于具有一定初始能量的电子束不容易被激光脉冲抛在后面, 进而获得更高的加速距离. 二维粒子模拟结果显示: 当电子束的初始能量E₀为MeV量级时这个方法是有效的, 而当E₀过大时这个方法失效. 这是因为当电子的加速距离远大于激光脉冲的瑞利长度时, 激光强度的衰减使得电子束的加速错过了最佳加速场.     

Dense pair plasma generation by two laser pulses colliding in a cylinder channel

An all-optical scheme for high-density pair plasmas generation is proposed by two laser pulses colliding in a cylinder channel. Two dimensional particle-in-cell simulations show that, when the first laser pulse propagates in the cylinder,electrons are extracted out of the cylinder inner wall and accelerated to high energies. These energetic electrons later run into the second counter-propagating laser pulse, radiating a large amount of high-energy gamma photons via the Compton back-scattering process. The emitted gamma photons then collide with the second laser pulse to initiate the Breit–Wheeler process for pairs production. Due to the strong self-generated fields in the cylinder, positrons are confined in the channel to form dense pair plasmas. Totally, the maximum density of pair plasmas can be 4.60 × 10~(27)m~(-3), for lasers with an intensity of 4×10~(22)W·cm~(-2). Both the positron yield and density are tunable by changing the cylinder radius and the laser parameters. The generated dense pair plasmas can further facilitate investigations related to astrophysics and particle physics.     

电子在超短激光脉冲修正场中的动力学特性研究

给出了一种精确描述超短、紧聚焦激光脉冲的新方法，其思路是根据两个无量纲小量ε=1/(ω0t0)和s=1/(k0w0)（其中ω0=ck0为中心振荡频率，t0为脉冲延迟时间，w0为激光束腰半径）进行展开来计算脉冲的高阶修正场.在激光束近轴近似表达式的基础上，给出了高斯脉冲一阶修正场的解析表达式，并研究发现其振幅和相位相对于零阶修正场（即长脉冲近似）的修正量都在ε的量级甚至更小.另外对电子在超短高斯脉冲一阶修正场中的动力学特性研究发现：对于ω0t0>20的情况，零阶修正场可以正确地描述电子被光场加速的特性；当ω0t0<20时，则需要采用高阶修正场. 关键词： 超短激光脉冲 激光加速     

交叉传播相对论强激光脉冲在等离子体中相互作用及其对电子加热和加速的作用

文章介绍了相干交叉传播的相对论强激光在与等离子体相互作用中产生的能量交换、瞬态电子密度调制和激光加速电子，这些被加速的电子先在交叉光场中被捕获，随后又注入到等离子体波中，获得进一步的加速．这些现象最近在作者的实验研究和数值模拟中被观察到．     

锐真空-等离子体边界倾角对激光尾波场加速中电子注入的影响

超短超强激光脉冲在气体等离子体中激发的尾波场加速在过去40年里有了长足的发展,人们已经在厘米加速距离内获得了数GeV的准单能电子加速,激光尾波加速的最高电子能量已经达到8 GeV.为了进一步提升加速电子束的稳定性和品质,多种电子注入方式先后被提出.本文研究了基于锐真空-等离子体边界面的密度跃变注入,着重讨论了不同角度的倾斜边界面对注入电子品质的影响.二维粒子模拟研究表明,与倾角为0°的垂直边界面相比,在合适的倾斜边界角下,第二个尾波空泡内产生的注入电量可以有近三倍的提升,同时偏振方向与入射面平行的驱动激光可以增加第一个空泡内注入电子的电量.根据不同激光入射角度时尾波场中电子自注入的起始位置差异,分析了电子电量与横向振荡增强的原因.这些研究有利于提升基于Betatron运动的尾波场辐射及其应用.     

Dynamic study of compressed electron layer driven by linearly polarized laser

The dynamics of the compressed electron layer(CEL) are investigated when a linearly polarized(LP) laser pulse irradiates a plasma target. The turbulent motion of the CEL is investigated by a simple model, which is verified by particlein-cell(PIC) simulations. It is found that the compressed layer disperses in a few cycles of the laser duration, because the CEL comes back with a large velocity in the opposite direction of the laser incident. A larger wavelength laser can be used to tailor the proton beam by reducing the turbulence of the CEL in the region of the LP laser acceleration.     

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     

Vacuum heating of solid target irradiated by femtosecond laser pulses

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.     

Electron injection in laser wake-field acceleration by using near critical layers

A method for enhancing trapped electrons in the laser wake-field acceleration in dilute plasma is proposed. In this method, a thin layer with near critical density is placed in front of the dilute plasma. Upon interaction of this layer with a short and high power laser pulse, a relatively large number of layer electrons are injected in dilute plasma. Some of these electrons are trapped in the wake-field of transmitted laser pulse. Particle in cell simulation is used to demonstrate this method. Simulations showed that in addition to increasing the number of trapped electrons, this mechanism also reduces the energy broadening.     

爆轰驱动金属飞层对碰凸起和微射流形成的数值模拟研究

本文对柱面两极点起爆情况下滑移爆轰波驱动两层金属飞层对碰凸起和微射流形成进行了模拟研究. 铅飞层内界面走时计算结果与实验结果能够较好符合. 在两极位置铅飞层内部出现断裂并形成空腔, 内壁面则形成鼓包型凸起; 在赤道位置飞层内壁面凸起后断裂产生大尺度金属颗粒, 其和微喷射形成的小尺度颗粒叠加构成了对碰区凸起现象. 在铅飞层内表面微喷射现象的研究中发现, 两极附近的微喷物质最大速度逐渐下降, 而对碰区附近的微喷颗粒最大速度反而随时间逐渐增高. 之后, 通过设计沟槽型微喷计算模型, 验证了在两极和赤道上铅飞层内表面产生的初始微喷射最大速度能够由同一均匀缺陷表面所产生. 最后, 通过数值模拟分析研究初步给出了该问题中抑制金属飞层对碰凸起和微喷现象的方法.     

Nonadiabatic dynamics of electron injection into organic molecules

We numerically investigate the injection process of electrons from metal electrodes to one-dimensional organic molecules by combining the extended Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model with a nonadiabatic dynamics method. It is found that a match between the Fermi level of electrodes and the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) or the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) of organic molecules can be greatly affected by the length of the organic chains, which has a great impact on electron injection. The correlation between oligomers and electrodes is found to open more efficient channels for electron injection as compared with that in polymer/electrode structures. For oligomer/electrode structures, we show that the Schottky barrier essentially does not affect the electron injection as the electrode work function is smaller than a critical value. This means that the Schottky barrier is pinned for a small work-function electrode. For polymer/electrode structures, we find that it is possible for the Fermi level of electrodes to be pinned to the polaronic level. The condition under which the Fermi level of electrodes exceeds the polaronic level of polymers is shown to not always lead to spontaneous electron transfer from electrodes to polymers.     

激光等离子体相互作用的局域振荡电子加热机制

用2.5维粒子模拟程序模拟了超强激光与等离子体的相互作用过程,发现超强激光可以通过J×B加热机制加速电子并引起电荷分离,从而产生很强的静电场并形成电场势阱,电子在静电场势阱中振荡,被多次加速,使得高速电子被甩出势阱,进而增强电荷分离,然后静电场结构被破坏,静电势能传给电子。在此过程中,电子在此阱中作局域振荡,并且被J×B机制多次加速,激光的能量会有效地传给电子,使电子能量高达10MeV。这是一种新的电子加热机制,称之为局域振荡电子加热机制。     

飞秒激光与等离子体相互作用过程中超热电子能谱的测量

报道了在3TW飞秒激光器上完成的激光 等离子体相互作用过程中产生的超热电子的能谱测量结果。能谱测量显示：在较低的能段,超热电子能谱先是呈现一个局部的平台,然后迅速衰减,呈现非类麦克斯韦分布,这是由于几种加热机制共同作用,其中占主导地位的是反射激光对电子的加速;在较高的能段,超热电子能谱呈类麦克斯韦分布,拟合的温度远远高于已知的温度定标律给出的温度,其原因在于超热电子分布的高能尾部本身的抬高和激光的自聚焦及成道。     

飞秒脉冲激光作用下电子振荡导致的辐射空间分布特性

采用单电子模型研究了不同偏振、不同强度飞秒脉冲激光作用下电子振荡导致的辐射的空间分布特性。研究发现:随着激光强度的增加,对圆偏振激光脉冲,电子辐射的空间分布由全空间分布变为前向双叶型结构,而对线偏振激光脉冲,电子辐射的空间分布由类似于偶极天线辐射特性的四重对称双叶结构变为双重对称三叶型结构,这可以为实验研究电子的辐射提供空间分布的相关依据。     

飞秒脉冲激光作用下电子振荡导致的辐射空间分布特性

 采用单电子模型研究了不同偏振、不同强度飞秒脉冲激光作用下电子振荡导致的辐射的空间分布特性。研究发现:随着激光强度的增加,对圆偏振激光脉冲,电子辐射的空间分布由全空间分布变为前向双叶型结构,而对线偏振激光脉冲,电子辐射的空间分布由类似于偶极天线辐射特性的四重对称双叶结构变为双重对称三叶型结构,这可以为实验研究电子的辐射提供空间分布的相关依据。     

飞秒激光脉冲与金属光阴极相互作用

本文从理论上分析了飞秒激光与光阴极相互作用过程，采用双温模型分析了飞秒激光脉冲辐照下金属薄膜的温度效应。通过建立一个简单的光电效应模型，获得了最佳的金属光阴极厚度，通过该模型可以发现，产生的光电流对在飞秒激光脉冲辐照下的电子温度和晶格温度有着很大的依赖关系。     

Particle simulation on electron acceleration process by the laser ponderomotive force in inhomogeneous underdense plasma layers

The mechanism of electron ponderomotive acceleration due to increasing group velocity of laser pulse in inhomogeneous underdense plasma layers is studied by two-dimensional relativistic parallel particle-in-cell code. The electrons within the laser pulse move with it and can be strongly accelerated ponderomotively when the duration of laser pulse is much shorter than the duration of optimum condition for acceleration in the wake. The extra energy gain can be attributed to the change of laser group velocity. More high energy electrons are generated in the plasma layer with descending density profile than that with ascending density profile. The process and character of electron acceleration in three kinds of underdense plasma layers are presented and compared.     

泵浦光波形和脉宽对飞秒激光对比度的影响

采用宽带数值模型,应用四阶龙格-库塔数值算法对三波耦合方程进行数值分析,研究了泵浦光的波形和脉宽在提高光参量啁啾脉冲放大系统输出飞秒激光对比度的作用。结果表明：在泵浦光脉宽较小的条件下,采用平滑的泵浦光波形更有利于提高飞秒激光对比度;在泵浦光脉宽较宽时,飞秒激光对比度得到很好地提高,而对泵浦光波形不敏感;但继续提高泵浦光脉宽并不能进一步改善飞秒激光对比度,而系统的转换效率却显著降低。