Collimated QED Cascades with Curved Plasma Mirror
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| author | Geng, Xuesong Serebryakov, M. A. Nerush, E. N. Samsonov, A. S. Kostyukov, I. Y. Ji, Liangliang |
| author_facet | Geng, Xuesong Serebryakov, M. A. Nerush, E. N. Samsonov, A. S. Kostyukov, I. Y. Ji, Liangliang |
| contents | Converting light into matter has been a longstanding goal in physics, particularly the creation of electron-positron pairs through quantum electrodynamic (QED) processes. While current approaches using multiple colliding laser pulses can achieve this conversion, they struggle to produce well-collimated particle beams - a crucial requirement for practical applications. Here we demonstrate that a single ultra-intense laser pulse, when reflected from a curved plasma mirror, can generate highly collimated electron-positron pairs with unprecedented efficiency. By focusing the laser to field strengths exceeding $a_0 > 2000$, our method triggers QED cascades that produce tightly focused particle beams, distinctly different from the diffuse plasmas created by conventional multi-laser setups. The technique works even at relatively modest laser powers of 13PW, making it immediately testable at existing facilities. This breakthrough opens new possibilities for studying fundamental QED processes and generating controlled matter-antimatter plasmas. |
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| spellingShingle | Collimated QED Cascades with Curved Plasma Mirror Geng, Xuesong Serebryakov, M. A. Nerush, E. N. Samsonov, A. S. Kostyukov, I. Y. Ji, Liangliang Plasma Physics Converting light into matter has been a longstanding goal in physics, particularly the creation of electron-positron pairs through quantum electrodynamic (QED) processes. While current approaches using multiple colliding laser pulses can achieve this conversion, they struggle to produce well-collimated particle beams - a crucial requirement for practical applications. Here we demonstrate that a single ultra-intense laser pulse, when reflected from a curved plasma mirror, can generate highly collimated electron-positron pairs with unprecedented efficiency. By focusing the laser to field strengths exceeding $a_0 > 2000$, our method triggers QED cascades that produce tightly focused particle beams, distinctly different from the diffuse plasmas created by conventional multi-laser setups. The technique works even at relatively modest laser powers of 13PW, making it immediately testable at existing facilities. This breakthrough opens new possibilities for studying fundamental QED processes and generating controlled matter-antimatter plasmas. |
| title | Collimated QED Cascades with Curved Plasma Mirror |
| topic | Plasma Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00417 |