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Pirozhkov, A.S.; Bulanov, S.V.; Esirkepov, T.Zh.
International Conference on the Interaction of atoms, molecules and plasmas with intense ultrashort laser pulses. Book of abstracts2006
International Conference on the Interaction of atoms, molecules and plasmas with intense ultrashort laser pulses. Book of abstracts2006
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[en] Complete test of publication follows. The generation of coherent high-frequency radiation is the topic of great interest since the invention of lasers. Among the proposed schemes are the x-ray laser, free-electron laser, high-order harmonic generation in gases, relativistic harmonics from the solid targets, and so on. Recently, the relativistic frequency upshifting accompanied by the light intensification and pulse shortening was proposed using the Flying Mirror technique. According to the relativity theory, the frequency of light pulse reflected at the relativistic mirror moving toward it, is upshifted by the factor ∼ 4γ2. Here we describe new method of super-high frequency generation, using simultaneously the relativistic upshifting and harmonic generation, resulting in the net factor of 4Nγ2, where is N is the harmonic number. When a relativistic-irradiance laser pulse ('driver', subscript '0') propagates in the underdense plasma, it creates a wake wave with the phase velocity equal to the group velocity of the driver pulse, which is close to the velocity of light c for a small plasma density n0. The gamma-factor is γ ∼ ω0/ωpe >> 1, where ω0 is the driver pulse frequency, ωpe = (4πn0e2/m)1/2 is the Langmuir frequency, and e and m are the electron charge and mass. At at near the wave breaking condition, the electron density profile in the wake wave has cusps with the peak density much higher than the unperturbed plasma density. The electrons within the cusps move with the velocity close to the phase velocity of the wake wave. Counter-propagating source pulse (subscript 's') is partially reflected from the cusps. If the source pulse is substantially strong, the reflected pulse contains not only the upshifted fundamental frequency 4γ2ωs, but also harmonics. This nonlinear reflection leads to the spectrum containing components with the frequencies equal to 4Nγ2ωs. Even for moderate values of γ and N, the source pulse frequency can be upshifted hundreds or thousands times. Furthermore, the gamma-factor is relatively easy to control via the plasma density, which gives rise to the tunable source of high-frequency pulses. In the time domain, the reflected pulse duration shrinks approximately by the factor 4γ2 compared to the source pulse. Selecting several harmonics by a spectral filter, even shorter pulses are possible to produce. We developed an analytical model of the super-high frequency upshifting based on the model developed for the laser - thin-foil interaction. We also addressed the range of laser and plasma parameters for which the model is applicable.
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Szeged University (Hungary); Research Institute of Solid State Physics and Optics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Hungary); KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Hungary); [128 p.]; 2006; p. 32; IAMPI2006: international conference on the interaction of atoms, molecules and plasmas with intense ultrashort laser pulses; Szeged (Hungary); 1-5 Oct 2006; 4 refs.
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