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Main Authors: Wu, Zhaohui, Zeng, Xiaoming, Li, Zhaoli, Zhang, Zhimeng, Wang, Xiaodong, Hu, Bilong, Wang, Xiao, Mu, Jie, Su, Jingqin, Wei, Xiaofeng, Zuo, Yanlei
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Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.03421
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author Wu, Zhaohui
Zeng, Xiaoming
Li, Zhaoli
Zhang, Zhimeng
Wang, Xiaodong
Hu, Bilong
Wang, Xiao
Mu, Jie
Su, Jingqin
Wei, Xiaofeng
Zuo, Yanlei
author_facet Wu, Zhaohui
Zeng, Xiaoming
Li, Zhaoli
Zhang, Zhimeng
Wang, Xiaodong
Hu, Bilong
Wang, Xiao
Mu, Jie
Su, Jingqin
Wei, Xiaofeng
Zuo, Yanlei
contents It is proposed a new method of compressing laser pulse by fast extending plasma gratings(FEPG), which is created by ionizing the hypersound wave generated by stimulated Brillouin scattering(SBS) in the background gas. Ionized by a short laser pulse, the phonon forms a light-velocity FEPG to fully reflect a resonant pump laser. As the reflecting surface moves with a light velocity, the reflected pulse is temporally overlapped and compressed. This regime is supported by the simulation results of a fully kinetic particle-in-cell(PIC) code Opic with a laser wavelength of 1um, displaying a pump pulse is compressed from 13ps to a few cycles(7.2fs), with an efficiency close to 80%. It is a promising method to produce critical laser powers due to several features: high efficiency without a linear stage, robustness to plasma instabilities, no seed and a wide range of pump intensity.
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spellingShingle Laser Compression via fast-extending plasma gratings
Wu, Zhaohui
Zeng, Xiaoming
Li, Zhaoli
Zhang, Zhimeng
Wang, Xiaodong
Hu, Bilong
Wang, Xiao
Mu, Jie
Su, Jingqin
Wei, Xiaofeng
Zuo, Yanlei
Plasma Physics
It is proposed a new method of compressing laser pulse by fast extending plasma gratings(FEPG), which is created by ionizing the hypersound wave generated by stimulated Brillouin scattering(SBS) in the background gas. Ionized by a short laser pulse, the phonon forms a light-velocity FEPG to fully reflect a resonant pump laser. As the reflecting surface moves with a light velocity, the reflected pulse is temporally overlapped and compressed. This regime is supported by the simulation results of a fully kinetic particle-in-cell(PIC) code Opic with a laser wavelength of 1um, displaying a pump pulse is compressed from 13ps to a few cycles(7.2fs), with an efficiency close to 80%. It is a promising method to produce critical laser powers due to several features: high efficiency without a linear stage, robustness to plasma instabilities, no seed and a wide range of pump intensity.
title Laser Compression via fast-extending plasma gratings
topic Plasma Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.03421