Efficient generation and amplification of intense vortex and vector laser pulses via strongly-coupled stimulated Brillouin scattering in plasmas

Wu, Yipeng; Zhang, Chaojie; Nie, Zan; Sinclair, Mitchell; Farrell, Audrey; Marsh, Kenneth A.; Alves, E. Paulo; Tsung, Frank; Mori, Warren B.; Joshi, Chan

doi:10.1038/s42005-023-01493-6

Efficient generation and amplification of intense vortex and vector laser pulses via strongly-coupled stimulated Brillouin scattering in plasmas

Journal Article · Mon Jan 08 00:00:00 EST 2024 · Communications Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-023-01493-6· OSTI ID:2279089

^[1]; ^[1]; ^[1]; Sinclair, Mitchell ^[1]; ^[1]; Marsh, Kenneth A. ^[1]; Alves, E. Paulo ^[1]; Tsung, Frank ^[1]; Mori, Warren B. ^[1]; Joshi, Chan ^[1]

Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)

The past decade has seen tremendous progress in the production and utilization of vortex and vector laser pulses. Although both are considered as structured light beams, the vortex lasers have helical phase fronts and phase singularities, while the vector lasers have spatially variable polarization states and polarization singularities. In contrast to the vortex pulses that carry orbital angular momentum (OAM), the vector laser pulses have a complex spin angular momentum (SAM) and OAM coupling. Despite many potential applications enabled by such pulses, the generation of high-power/-intensity vortex and vector beams remains challenging. Here, we demonstrate using theory and three-dimensional simulations that the strongly-coupled stimulated Brillouin scattering (SC-SBS) process in plasmas can be used as a promising amplification technique with up to 65% energy transfer efficiency from the pump beam to the seed beam for both vortex and vector pulses. We also show that SC-SBS is strongly polarization-dependent in plasmas, enabling an all-optical polarization control of the amplified seed beam. Additionally, the interaction of such structured lasers with plasmas leads to various angular momentum couplings and decouplings that produce intense new light structures with controllable OAM and SAM. This scheme paves the way for novel optical devices such as plasma-based amplifiers and light field manipulators.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; SC0010064

OSTI ID:: 2279089

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2578172
OSTI ID: 3016922

Journal Information:: Communications Physics, Journal Name: Communications Physics Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 7; ISSN 2399-3650

Publisher:: Springer NatureCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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