Optical modelling of shaped laser pulses in plasma
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| author | Andriyash, Igor A. Thaury, Cedric |
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| contents | This work provides a brief review of the numerical methods for modelling the optical propagation of an ultrashort, intense laser pulse in plasmas and ionizable gases. These methods are implemented in an open-source simulation toolkit Axiprop, which is now actively used for design studies in the context of laser plasma acceleration of electrons (LPA). We present two examples of such studies: optical plasma waveguide generation, and phase-locked flying-focus LPA. These tools enable the identification of complex effects impacting both energy deposition during waveguide formation, and the pulse propagation dynamics that governs wakefield structure, ultimately determining the properties of the accelerated electron bunches. The developed tools and presented simulation designs are relevant to experiments on laser plasma interactions at modern high power laser facilities. |
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| spellingShingle | Optical modelling of shaped laser pulses in plasma Andriyash, Igor A. Thaury, Cedric Plasma Physics Accelerator Physics Computational Physics Optics This work provides a brief review of the numerical methods for modelling the optical propagation of an ultrashort, intense laser pulse in plasmas and ionizable gases. These methods are implemented in an open-source simulation toolkit Axiprop, which is now actively used for design studies in the context of laser plasma acceleration of electrons (LPA). We present two examples of such studies: optical plasma waveguide generation, and phase-locked flying-focus LPA. These tools enable the identification of complex effects impacting both energy deposition during waveguide formation, and the pulse propagation dynamics that governs wakefield structure, ultimately determining the properties of the accelerated electron bunches. The developed tools and presented simulation designs are relevant to experiments on laser plasma interactions at modern high power laser facilities. |
| title | Optical modelling of shaped laser pulses in plasma |
| topic | Plasma Physics Accelerator Physics Computational Physics Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.23285 |