Laser-pulse compression using magnetized plasmas
Abstract
Proposals to reach the next generation of laser intensities through Raman or Brillouin backscattering have centered on optical frequencies. Higher frequencies are beyond the range of such methods mainly due to the wave damping that accompanies the higher-density plasmas necessary for compressing higher frequency lasers. However, we find that an external magnetic field transverse to the direction of laser propagation can reduce the required plasma density. Using parametric interactions in magnetized plasmas to mediate pulse compression, both reduces the wave damping and alleviates instabilities, thereby enabling higher frequency or lower intensity pumps to produce pulses at higher intensities and longer durations. Finally, in addition to these theoretical advantages, our method in which strong uniform magnetic fields lessen the need for high-density uniform plasmas also lessens key engineering challenges or at least exchanges them for different challenges.
- Authors:
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- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences; Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences; Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States); School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1350075
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1345284
- Report Number(s):
- PPPL-5300
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0045; PLEEE8; TRN: US1700676
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0002948; FA9550-15-1-0391; AC02-09CH11466
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review E
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 95; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0045
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
Citation Formats
Shi, Yuan, Qin, Hong, and Fisch, Nathaniel J. Laser-pulse compression using magnetized plasmas. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.95.023211.
Shi, Yuan, Qin, Hong, & Fisch, Nathaniel J. Laser-pulse compression using magnetized plasmas. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.95.023211
Shi, Yuan, Qin, Hong, and Fisch, Nathaniel J. Tue .
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abstractNote = {Proposals to reach the next generation of laser intensities through Raman or Brillouin backscattering have centered on optical frequencies. Higher frequencies are beyond the range of such methods mainly due to the wave damping that accompanies the higher-density plasmas necessary for compressing higher frequency lasers. However, we find that an external magnetic field transverse to the direction of laser propagation can reduce the required plasma density. Using parametric interactions in magnetized plasmas to mediate pulse compression, both reduces the wave damping and alleviates instabilities, thereby enabling higher frequency or lower intensity pumps to produce pulses at higher intensities and longer durations. Finally, in addition to these theoretical advantages, our method in which strong uniform magnetic fields lessen the need for high-density uniform plasmas also lessens key engineering challenges or at least exchanges them for different challenges.},
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year = {Tue Feb 28 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Tue Feb 28 00:00:00 EST 2017}
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