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Relativistic self-focusing in the interaction of laser beam and plasma with periodical density ripple Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-10-14 Geng Zhang; Qiuqun Liang; Xiongping Xia
In the paper, relativistic self-focusing in the interaction of laser beam and plasma with periodical density ripple has been studied by the applied WKB approximation and higher-order paraxial theory. The result shows that under the influence of relativistic nonlinear effect, the dielectric function shows the fierce oscillational variation with similar periodicity, which then leads to the intense relativistic
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Relativistic cavity, possibilities, and advantages Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-10-15 Saeed Mirzanejhad; Farshad Sohbatzadeh; Fatemeh Shams
The relativistic mirror (RM) is an interesting subject which introduced in the nonlinear regime of the laser–plasma interaction. Reflection of counter-propagating probe pulse from relativistic flying mirror has some excellent features, such as frequency up-shifting and compressing by a factor of 4γ2. In the high-intensity laser–plasma interaction, sometimes a sequence of RMs creates. For example, electron
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Accurate model for the ultra-relativistic interactions between laser beams and electrons Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-10-20 Alexandru Popa
We present an accurate approach of the basic ultra-relativistic effects which occur at the interactions between laser beams and electrons and correspond to laser beam intensities greater than 1020 W/cm2. These effects are the generation of extremely bright pulses and the existence of a very large frequency spectrum of the radiation generated by this interaction, containing relative intense harmonics
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Cold atmospheric plasma jet applied for TiO2/carbon fiber composite biomaterial Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-11-10 Limin Li; Zhiwei Li; Qinqin Zhou; Xiuxiang Huang; Ke Peng
In the present work, Titanium dioxide (TiO2) micro–nanostructured thin films are deposited by a cold atmospheric plasma jet on carbon fiber substrates. The surface morphology, grain size, and structure phase of TiO2 thin films are investigated by scanning electron microscopic (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Raman spectrum. As the discharge voltage increased from 5 to 15 kV, the size of these TiO2
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Theoretical insights into the dissociation process for dissociative electron attachment to adenine and its tautomer Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-12-22 Ying Zhang; Xing Wang; Zhongfeng Xu
The ab initio molecular dynamics (MD) simulations using an atom-centered density matrix propagation method are carried out in the first time to investigate the dissociative electron attachment (DEA) processes of adenine and its tautomer in the gas phase. Since the incoming electron are captured on the lowest π∗ anti-bond orbital, which is led to the different N–H bond, the C–H bond and the C–N bond
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Selective amplification of the chirped attosecond pulses produced from relativistic electron mirrors Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-12-22 Fang Tan; Shao Yi Wang; Bo Zhang; Zhi Meng Zhang; Bin Zhu; Yu Chi Wu; Ming Hai Yu; Yue Yang; Gang Li; Tian Kui Zhang; Yong Hong Yan; Feng Lu; Wei Fan; Wei Ming Zhou; Yu Qiu Gu
In this paper, the generation of relativistic electron mirrors (REMs) and the reflection of an ultra-short laser off this mirrors are discussed, applying two-dimensional particle-in-cell (2D-PIC) simulations. REMs with ultra-high acceleration and expanding velocity can be produced from a solid nanofoil illuminated normally by an ultra-intense femtosecond laser pulse with a sharp rising edge. Chirped
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Modal analysis of dielectric barrier discharge-based argon cold plasma jet Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-10-09 G. Divya Deepak; N. K. Joshi; Ram Prakash
In this study, an atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharge-based argon plasma jet has been modeled using COMSOL Multiphysics, which is based on the finite element method. The fluid dynamics and plasma modules of COMSOL Multiphysics code have been used for the modeling of the plasma jet. The plasma parameters, such as electron density, electron temperature, and electrical potential, have been
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Numerical investigation of radiation ablation and acceleration of high-density carbon foils Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-10-09 Peng Chen; Ronghao Hu; Hao Zhou; Zhihao Tao; Guilong Gao; Kai He; Tao Wang; Jinshou Tian; Tao Yi; Meng Lv
The ablation and acceleration of diamond-like high-density carbon foils irradiated by thermal X-ray radiations are investigated with radiation hydrodynamics simulations. The time-dependent front of the ablation wave is given numerically for radiation temperatures in the range of 100–300 eV. The mass ablation rates and ablation pressures can be derived or implied from the coordinates of ablation fronts
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Nanoplasmonic laser fusion response to Földes and Pokol Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-10-06 L. P. Csernai; N. Kroó; I. Papp; D. D. Strottman
Földes and Pokol in their letter “Inertial fusion without compression does not work either with or without nanoplasmonics” criticized our works. Here, we refute their argumentation. Our proposed improvement is the combination of two basic research discoveries: (i) the possibility of detonations on space-time hypersurfaces with time-like normal (i.e., simultaneous detonation in a whole volume) and (ii)
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Self-magnetic field effects on laser-driven wakefield electron acceleration in axially magnetized ion channel Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-10-05 A. Kargarian; K. Hajisharifi
In this paper, we have investigated the relativistic electron acceleration by plasma wave in an axially magnetized plasma by considering the self-magnetic field effects. We show that the optimum value of an external axial magnetic field could increase the electron energy gain more than 40% than that obtained in the absence of the magnetic field. Moreover, results demonstrate that the self-magnetic
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Evolution of magnetic field in a weakly relativistic counterstreaming inhomogeneous e−/e+ plasmas Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-07-24 Sandeep Kumar; Y. K. Kim; T. Kang; Min Sup Hur; Moses Chung
The nonlinear evolution of electron Weibel instability in a symmetric, counterstream, unmagnetized electron–positron e−/e+ plasmas is studied by a 2D particle-in-cell (PIC) method. The magnetic field is produced and amplified by the Weibel instability, which extracts energy from the plasma anisotropy. A weakly relativistic drift velocity of 0.5c is considered for two counterstreaming e−/e+ plasma flows
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Relativistic longitudinal self-compression of ultra-intense Gaussian laser pulses in magnetized plasma Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-08-19 Gunjan Purohit; Priyanka Rawat; Pradeep Kothiyal; Ramesh Kumar Sharma
This article presents a preliminary study of the longitudinal self-compression of ultra-intense Gaussian laser pulse in a magnetized plasma, when relativistic nonlinearity is active. This study has been carried out in 1D geometry under a nonlinear Schrodinger equation and higher-order paraxial (nonparaxial) approximation. The nonlinear differential equations for self-compression and self-focusing have
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Study of the conditions for the effective initiation of plasma-chemical treatment of flue gas under the influence of a pulsed electron beam Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-08-20 G. Kholodnaya; I. Egorov; R. Sazonov; M. Serebrennikov; A. Poloskov; D. Ponomarev; I. Zhirkov
This paper presents the results of comprehensive studies of the efficiency of a pulsed electron beam transmission through a mixture of gases: nitrogen (83%), carbon dioxide (14%), and oxygen (2.6%) in the presence of ash and water vapor. The studied concentrations correspond to the concentrations of nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide in flue gas. The pressure and concentration of water vapor and
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Domains of modulation parameter in the interaction of finite Airy–Gaussian laser beams with plasma Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-09-15 V. S. Pawar; S. R. Kokare; S. D. Patil; M. V. Takale
In this paper, self-focusing of finite Airy–Gaussian (AiG) laser beams in collisionless plasma has been investigated. The source of nonlinearity considered herein is relativistic. Based on the Wentzel–Kramers–Brillouin (WKB) and paraxial-ray approximations, the nonlinear coupled differential equations for beam-width parameters in transverse dimensions of AiG beams have been established. The effect
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Inertial fusion without compression does not work either with or without nanoplasmonics Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-08-19 I. B. Földes; G. I. Pokol
A recently published scheme for inertial fusion based on instantaneous heating of an uncompressed fuel is criticized. It is shown that efficient fusion and “time-like” fusion burn propagation cannot be realized due to the low nuclear reaction cross-sections. The suggested use of nanospheres inside the volume of the target to support the fast heating of the fuel is also questioned.
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A laser-driven droplet source for plasma physics applications Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-09-11 Bastian Aurand; Esin Aktan; Kerstin Maria Schwind; Rajendra Prasad; Mirela Cerchez; Toma Toncian; Oswald Willi
In this paper, we report on the acceleration of protons and oxygen ions from tens of micrometer large water droplets by a high-intensity laser in the range of 1020 W/cm2. Proton energies of up to 6 MeV were obtained from a hybrid acceleration regime between classical Coulomb explosion and shocks. Besides the known thermal energy spectrum, a collective acceleration of oxygen ions of different charge
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Finite-emittance Wigner crystals in the bubble regime Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-07-23 Lars Reichwein; Johannes Thomas; Alexander Pukhov
We study the influence of finite-emittance electron bunches in the bubble regime of laser-driven wakefield acceleration onto the microscopic structure of the bunch itself. Using resilient backpropagation (Rprop) to find the equilibrium structure, we observe that for realistic and already observed emittances the previously found crystalline structures remain intact and are only widened marginally. Higher
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One-dimensional steady-state model for stimulated Raman and Brillouin backscatter processes in laser-irradiated plasmas Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-07-16 Zhe Yi Ge; Guo Bo Zhang; Yan Zhao Ke; Xiao Hu Yang; Fu Yuan Wu; Shi Jia Chen; Yan Yun Ma
A one-dimensional steady-state model for stimulated Raman backscatter (SRS) and stimulated Brillouin backscatter (SBS) processes in laser-irradiated plasmas is presented. Based on a novel “predictor-corrector” method, the model is capable to deal with broadband scattered light and inhomogeneous plasmas, exhibiting robustness and high efficiency. Influences of the electron density and temperature on
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Characterization of flowing liquid films as a regenerating plasma mirror for high repetition-rate laser contrast enhancement Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-05-18 C. I. D. Underwood; G. Gan; Z.-H. He; C. D. Murphy; A. G. R. Thomas; K. Krushelnick; J. Nees
In this paper, we characterize a high repetition-rate regenerating plasma mirror produced by the thin film of liquid formed when two laminar streams collide. The use of a flowing liquid film is inexpensive and the interaction surface refreshes automatically, avoiding buildup of on-target debris. The composition of the liquid material and the relative angle of the film-generating nozzles was optimized
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Influence of the solenoid magnetic field on the self-modulation mechanism Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-05-18 Xiao-ying Zhao; Yang-yang Yang; Huan Jia; Zai-peng Xie; Xin Qi; Zhi-jun Wang; Yuan He
For the guarantee of the long-distance transport of the bunches of China Initiative Accelerator Driven System (CIADS), a new scheme is proposed that extra magnetic field is used in the accelerator-target coupling section before the windowless target to minimize the self-modulation (SM) mechanism. Particle-in-cell simulations are carried out to study the influence of the solenoidal magnetic field on
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Compensation of thermal loss in free-electron laser with optimal tapering and pre-bunching Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-05-21 F. Bazouband
Increasing the output power of a long-wavelength free-electron laser (FEL), despite the destroying effects of beam energy spread, is studied using the optimal pre-bunching of the thermal electron beam along with the optimal tapering of the planar wiggler magnetic field. A set of self-consistent coupled nonlinear differential equations in three dimensional that describe the evolution of radiation and
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Observation of resistive Weibel instability in intense laser plasma Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-04-29 S. Krishnamurthy; K. Makur; B. Ramakrishna
We observe experimentally periodic proton beam filamentation in laser-produced dense plasma using multilayered (CH–Al–CH) sandwich targets. The accelerated MeV proton beams from these targets exhibit periodic frozen filaments up to 5–10 µm as a result of resistive Weibel instabilities in the expanding plasma. The evolution of strong self-generated resistive magnetic fields at the targets interface
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Surface plasma wave in spin-polarized semiconductor quantum plasma Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-05-27 Punit Kumar; Nafees Ahmad
The possibilities of surface plasma wave (SPW) on a metal-vacuum interface in semiconductor quantum plasma by considering the effects of Coulomb exchange (CE) interaction and the spin-polarization has been explored. The dispersion for the SPW has been setup using the modified quantum hydrodynamic (QHD) model taking into account the Fermi pressure, the quantum Bohm force, the CE, and the electron spin
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Selective amplification of the chirped attosecond pulses produced from relativistic electron mirrors Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-07-03 F. Tan; S. Y. Wang; B. Zhang; Z. M. Zhang; B. Zhu; Y. C. Wu; M. H. Yu; Y. Yang; G. Li; T. K. Zhang; Y. H. Yan; F. Lu; W. Fan; W. M. Zhou; Y. Q. Gu
In this paper, the generation of relativistic electron mirrors (REM) and the reflection of an ultra-short laser off the mirrors are discussed, applying two-dimension particle-in-cell simulations. REMs with ultra-high acceleration and expanding velocity can be produced from a solid nanofoil illuminated normally by an ultra-intense femtosecond laser pulse with a sharp rising edge. Chirped attosecond
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Interpolation-free particle simulation Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-01-14 H. Lin; C. P. Liu
Particle-in-Cell (PIC) simulation is an interpolation-based method on the Newton–Maxwell (N–M) system. Its well-known drawback is its shape/interpolation functions often causing the violation of continuity equations (CEs) at mesh nodes and that of Maxwell equations (MEs) at particles' positions. Whether this drawback can be overcome by choosing/solving suitable shape/interpolation functions is of fundamental
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Weibel instability oscillation in a dusty plasma with counter-streaming electrons Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-01-17 Daljeet Kaur; Suresh C. Sharma; R.S. Pandey; Ruby Gupta
We investigate the Weibel instability (WI) in a dusty plasma which is driven to oscillation by the addition of dust grains in the plasma. Our analysis predicts the existence of three modes in a dusty plasma. There is a high-frequency electromagnetic mode, whose frequency increases with an increase in the relative number density of dust grains and which approaches instability due to the presence of
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Temporal characterization of laser-induced plasma of tungsten in air Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-01-17 Eshita Mal; Rajendhar Junjuri; Manoj Kumar Gundawar; Alika Khare
In this manuscript, the time-resolved laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) on tungsten target in air and the coexistence of LTE among atoms and ions as well as the fulfillment of optically thin plasma condition are reported. The laser-induced plasma (LIP) of tungsten is generated by focusing the second harmonic of a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser of pulse width ~7 ns and repetition rate of 1 Hz on
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Collision-less shocks and solitons in dense laser-produced Fermi plasma Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-01-20 J. Goswami; S. Chandra; J. Sarkar; S. Chaudhuri; B. Ghosh
The theoretical investigation of shocks and solitary structures in a dense quantum plasma containing electrons at finite temperature, nondegenerate cold electrons, and stationary ions has been carried out. A linear dispersion relation is derived for the corresponding electron acoustic waves. The solitary structures of small nonlinearity have been studied by using the standard reductive perturbation
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A novel fusion reactor with chain reactions for proton–boron11 Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-01-20 Shalom Eliezer; Jose M. Martinez-Val
Using a combination of laser–plasma interactions and magnetic confinement configurations, a conceptual fusion reactor is proposed in this paper. Our reactor consists of the following: (1) A background plasma of boron11 and hydrogen ions, plus electrons, is generated and kept for a certain time, with densities of the order of a mg/cm3 and temperatures of tens of eV. Both the radiation level and the
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Laser beam self-focusing in collisional plasma with periodical density ripple Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-02-04 Geng Zhang; Xiongping Xia
In the paper, we applied the paraxial region theory and Wentzel–-Kramers–-Brillouin approximation to study laser beam self-focusing in the interaction of laser and collisional plasma with periodical density ripple. The results have shown that, under the influence of collision nonlinear effect, laser presents stable self-focusing, self-defocusing, and oscillational self-focusing in the plasma. Besides
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Nucleation and growth of Si nanoparticles under different pulse repetition rates without the baffle for nanosecond pulsed laser-ablated deposition Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-02-06 Z. C. Deng; X. X. Pang; X. C. Ding; L. Z. Chu; X. D. Meng; Y. L. Wang
In this article, Si nanoparticle (NP) films were prepared by pulsed laser ablation (PLA) in the argon atmosphere of 10 Pa at room temperature under different pulse repetition rates from 1 to 40 Hz without the baffle. Different from the conventional PLA method, the substrates were placed below and parallel to the ablated plume axis. The obtained films containing NPs were characterized by scanning electron
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Influence of cavity and magnetic confinements on the signal enhancement and plasma parameters of laser-induced Mg and Ti plasmas Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-02-10 Emmanuel Asamoah; Ye Xia; Yao Hongbing; Pengyu Wei; Cong Jiawei; Zhu Weihua; Zhang Lin; James Kwasi Quaisie
In this study, we have spectroscopically investigated the plasma generated by a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser operating at its fundamental wavelength of 1064 nm focused on magnesium (Mg) and titanium (Ti) target samples in the air under atmospheric pressure. We employed circular cavities of radii (2.5, 3.0, and 3.5 mm) and a square cavity to investigate the cavity confinement effect on the spectral emission
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LPB volume 38 issue 1 Cover and Front matter Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-03-05
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The filamented electron bunch of the bubble regime Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-04-16 Lars Reichwein; Johannes Thomas; Alexander Pukhov
We present a theory for describing the inner structure of the electron bunch in the bubble regime starting from a random distribution of electrons inside the bubble and subsequently minimizing the system's energy. Consequently, we find a filament-like structure in the direction of propagation that is surrounded by various shells consisting of further electrons. If we specify a two-dimensional (2D)
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Density jump for parallel and perpendicular collisionless shocks Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-04-14 Antoine Bret; Ramesh Narayan
In a collisionless shock, there are no binary collisions to isotropize the flow. It is therefore reasonable to ask to which extent the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) jump conditions apply. Following up on recent works which found a significant departure from MHD in the case of parallel collisionless shocks, we here present a model allowing to compute the density jump for collisionless shocks. Because the
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Nano-wrinkles, compactons, and wrinklons associated with laser-induced Rayleigh–Taylor instability: I. Bubble environment Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-04-06 Stjepan Lugomer
We study dynamics, structure and organization of the new paradigm of wavewrinkle structures associated with multipulse laser-induced RayleighTaylor (RT) instability in the plane of a target surface in the circumferential zone (C-zone) of the spot. Irregular target surface, variation of the fluid layer thickness and of the fluid velocity affect the nonlinearity and dispersion. The fluid layer inhomogeneity
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Evaluation of electron temperature and electron density of laser-ablated Zr plasma by Langmuir probe characterization and its correlation with surface modifications Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-03-16 Zulaikha Irfan; Shazia Bashir; Shariqa Hassan Butt; Asma Hayat; Rana Ayub; Khaliq Mahmood; Mahreen Akram; Amna Batool
The plasma parameters of laser-ablated Zirconium (Zr) using a Langmuir probe technique have been investigated by employing a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser (532 nm, 6 ns) at various irradiances ranging from 8.6 to 15.5 GW/cm2. All the measurements have been performed under an ultra-high vacuum condition while keeping the probe at a fixed distance of 4 mm from the target. By varying the biasing voltages from
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Experimental optimization of the hundred-keV electron source from laser-driven wire target Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-03-16 Yushan Zeng; Chuliang Zhou; Rong Qi; Zhongpeng Li; Haiyi Sun; Ye Tian; Jiansheng Liu; Zhizhan Xu
We present the experimental optimization of electrons in the several hundred keV energy range originated from laser-irradiated wire targets. Accelerated by a femtosecond laser pulse, an electron pulse emitted from the wire target was collimated immediately along the wire to a filter unit for the manipulation of energy and spatial distributions. It is shown in simulation that with a pair of magnets
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Projectile energy dependence of L X-ray emission in collisions of Xe23+ with In target: role of Coulomb ionization and quasi-molecular effects Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-03-11 Jieru Ren; Yongtao Zhao; Wencai Ma; Xing Wang; Yu Liu; Pengfei Hu; Rui Cheng; Xianming Zhou; Yuyu Wang; Yu Lei; Yanhong Chen; Guoqing Xiao
The X-ray emissions in the interaction of 3–6 MeV Xe23+ ions into thick solid In target are measured. The projectile-to-target and target Lα/Lβ X-ray production intensity ratios are observed to strongly depend on the projectile energy. The dependence deviates from Coulomb ionization predictions, which implies the important roles of coupling between subshells and the activation of 4fσ rotational couplings
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Bernstein mode acceleration of electrons in a magnetic mirror Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-03-05 Ram Jeet; Asheel Kumar
Electron dynamics in an axially localized large amplitude electron Bernstein mode in a magnetic mirror is studied. The mode is localized due to plasma density and magnetic field profiles and could be driven by an electron cyclotron wave, launched from outside, via linear mode conversion. Energetic electrons of finite gyro-radius resonantly interact with the mode and gain primarily transverse energy
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Optimization of laser parameters for proton acceleration using double laser pulses in TNSA mechanism Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2020-03-03 Saurabh Kumar; Devki Nandan Gupta
The energy of protons accelerated by ultra-intense lasers in the target normal sheath acceleration (TNSA) mechanism can be greatly enhanced by the laser parameter optimization. We propose to investigate the optimization of laser parameters for proton acceleration using double laser pulses in TNSA mechanism. The sheath field generation at the rear side of the target is significantly affected by the
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Transport of intense beams with current-dependent initial conditions in linearly tapered solenoid channels Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2019-10-21 J. R. Harris
In electron beams where space charge plays an important role in the beam transport, the beams’ transverse and longitudinal properties will become coupled. One example of this is the transverse–longitudinal correlation produced in a current-modulated beam generated in a DC electron gun, formed through the competition between the time-dependent radial space charge force and the time-independent radial
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Mass separated particle flux from a laser-ablation metal cluster source Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2019-09-11 Yuta Ishikawa; Jun Hasegawa; Kazuhiko Horioka
Flux waveforms of aluminum cluster beams supplied from a laser-ablation cluster source were precisely investigated under various source conditions such as background pressure, ablation laser intensity, and nozzle structure. A time-of-flight mass spectroscopy revealed that aluminum clusters with sizes up to 200 were generated and the amount of the clusters could be maximized by choosing a proper background
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Thermal resonance effect by a strong shock wave in D–T fuel side-on ignition by laser-driven block acceleration Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2019-09-16 S. Payun; B. Malekynia
Ignition with the help of a shock wave is performed by the interaction of accelerated plasma block by a petawatt-picosecond (PW-ps) laser, with a solid-state density fuel that it is a new possibility for achieving controlled fusion by inertial confinement. The unexpected production of plasma blocks provides new access to the ignition of solid-state density fuel according to the Chu hydrodynamic model
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Magnetosonic wave-aided terahertz emission by nonlinear mixing of lasers in plasmas Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2019-09-16 Narender Kumar; Ram Kishor Singh; R. Uma; R. P. Sharma
A scheme of phase-matched terahertz generation by beating two co-propagating lasers in magnetized plasma, in the presence of a magnetosonic wave (MSW), is developed. The beat frequency ponderomotive force of the lasers imparts an oscillatory drift to electrons. The electron drift velocity couples with the electron density perturbation associated with the MSW to produce an irrotational nonlinear current
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Simulations of carbon ion acceleration by 10 PW laser pulses on ELI-NP Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2019-09-16 D. Sangwan; O. Culfa; C.P. Ridgers; S. Aogaki; D. Stutman; B. Diaconescu
We present results of 2D particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations of carbon ion acceleration by 10 petawatt (PW) laser pulses, studying both circular polarized (CP) and linear polarized (LP) pulses. We carry out a thickness scanning of a solid carbon target to investigate the ideal thickness for carbon ion acceleration mechanisms using a 10 PW laser with an irradiance of 5 × 1022 W cm−2. The energy spectra
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Design and optimization of a laser-PIXE beamline for material science applications Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2019-09-25 A. Morabito; M. Scisciò; S. Veltri; M. Migliorati; P. Antici
Multi-MeV proton beams can be generated by irradiating thin solid foils with ultra-intense (>1018 W/cm2) short laser pulses. Several of their characteristics, such as high bunch charge and short pulse duration, make them a complementary alternative to conventional radio frequency-based accelerators. A potential material science application is the chemical analysis of cultural heritage (CH) artifacts
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Temperature diagnostics for Z-pinches plasma in dependence on compression degree Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2019-11-05 N. Yu. Orlov
Calculations of the spectral coefficients for X-ray absorption and spectral brightness's for X-ray radiation were performed for niobium Z-pinch plasma at the temperature of 1 keV and at different plasma densities to determine the compression degree where the spectral lines become indistinguishable. As known, traditional methods of temperature diagnostics of hot dense radiating plasmas are based on
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Nonlinear propagation of ion acoustic waves in quantum plasma in the presence of an ion beam Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2019-11-06 Indrani Paul; Arkojyothi Chatterjee; Sailendra Nath Paul
Nonlinear propagation of ion acoustic waves has been studied in unmagnetized quantum (degenerate) plasma in the presence of an ion beam using the one-dimensional quantum hydrodynamic model. The Korteweg–de Vries (K–dV) equation has been derived by using the reductive perturbation technique. The solution of ion acoustic solitary waves is obtained from the K–dV equation. The theoretical results have
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Nonlinear laser absorption over a dielectric embedded with nanorods Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2019-11-11 Soni Sharma; A. Vijay
An analytical formalism of laser absorption in a nanorod embedded dielectric surface has been developed. Nanorods lie in the plane of the dielectric, in the form of a planar array. A laser, impinged on them with an electric field perpendicular to the lengths of the nanorods, imparts oscillatory velocity to nanorod electrons. As the free electrons of a nanorod are displaced, a space charge field is
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Effects of waveguides on a free-electron laser with two electron beams Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2019-11-20 Soon-Kwon Nam; Yunseong Park
The effects of the phase variation, the evolution of the electron beam, the evolution of the radiation intensity, and the higher-order modes due to waveguides on a free-electron laser (FEL) oscillator have been analyzed by using two electron beams of different energies based on the proposed FEL facility which is to be operated in the far-infrared and infrared regions. The three-dimensional (3D) effects
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Transport model for a transverse electron beam-pumped semiconductor laser Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2019-11-20 Denis Alexander Wisniewski; Mark Prelas
A transport model for a transverse electron beam-pumped semiconductor laser has been developed. The model incorporates spatial dependencies of the power deposition from the beam as well as a three-dimensional model of the gain medium and the field intensity of the photons produced by stimulated emission in the oscillation cavity. This model accounts for spatial inhomogeneities and has been solved for
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Time-resolved studies of low-temperature, EUV-induced plasmas: EUV emission in selected spectral ranges Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2019-11-20 A. Bartnik; H. Fiedorowicz; P. Wachulak; T. Fok
Interaction of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) pulses of high intensity with gases results in the creation of non-thermalized plasmas. Energies of the driving photons and photoelectrons are sufficient for creation of excited states, followed by emission of the EUV photons. In most cases, decay times of these states are short comparing to the driving EUV pulse. It means that just after stopping of the driving
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Development and testing of a three-section pulse-forming network and its application to Marx circuit Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2019-10-02 Falun Song; Beizhen Zhang; Chunxia Li; Fei Li; Ganping Wang; Haitao Gong; Yanqing Gan; Xiao Jin
A three-section pulse forming network (PFN) based on Guillemin type-C circuit was developed to meet the challenge of a compact design, high withstand voltage, and high-quality output waveform with fast rise time, flat-top duration, and 100-ns pulse width. A simplified pulse forming circuit was proposed and studied that includes only three LC-sections connected in parallel, with each section containing
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Generation of terahertz radiation from beating of two intense cosh-Gaussian laser beams in magnetized plasma Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2019-10-14 Gunjan Purohit; Vinod Rawat; Priyanka Rawat
An analytical and numerical study has been carried out for the generation of terahertz (THz) radiation by beating of two intense cosh-Gaussian laser beams (decentered Gaussian beams) in the rippled density magnetized plasma under the relativistic–ponderomotive regime. In this process, both laser beams exert a relativistic–ponderomotive force on plasma electrons at the beat frequency and impart them
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Direct electron acceleration with a linearly polarized laser beam in a two-dimensional magnetized plasma channel Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2019-10-18 Mohammad Ghorbanalilu; Nasim Nozarnejad
We examine the electron acceleration induced by an ultra-relativistic intensity laser–plasma interaction in a two-dimensional plasma channel in the presence of a self-generated transverse magnetic field. We find that the electron dynamics is strongly affected by the laser pulse polarization angle, plasma density, and magnetic field strength. We investigate in detail, the dependencies of the electron
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Effects of plasma electron temperature and magnetic field on the propagation dynamics of Gaussian laser beam in weakly relativistic cold quantum plasma Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2019-12-13 Munish Aggarwal; Vimmy Goyal; Richa Kashyap; Harish Kumar; Tarsem Singh Gill
Self-focusing of Gaussian laser beam has been investigated in quantum plasma under the effect of applied axial magnetic field. The nonlinear differential equation has been derived for studying the variations in the beam-width parameter. The effect of initial plasma electron temperature and the axial magnetic field on self-focusing and normalized intensity are studied. Our investigation reveals that
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Second-harmonic generation by a chirped laser pulse with the exponential density ramp profile in the presence of a planar magnetostatic wiggler Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2019-12-16 Niti Kant; Arvinder Singh; Vishal Thakur
Second-harmonic generation of the relativistic self-focused chirped laser pulse in plasma has been studied with the exponential plasma density ramp profile in the presence of a planar magnetostatic wiggler. It is evident that the exponential plasma density ramp is helpful in enhancing second-harmonic generation as, with the introduction of the exponential plasma density ramp, self-focusing becomes
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Analysis of above-threshold ionization by “Wigner-distribution-like function” method Laser Part. Beams (IF 1.065) Pub Date : 2019-09-18 Li Guo; Mingqing Liu; Ronghua Lu; Shensheng Han; Jing Chen
Above-threshold ionization (ATI) is one of the most fundamental processess when atoms or molecules are subjected to intense laser fields. Analysis of ATI process in intense laser fields by a Wigner-distribution-like (WDL) function is reviewed in this paper. The WDL function is used to obtain various time-related distributions, such as time-energy distribution, ionization time distribution, and time-emission
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