Holographic Plasma Lenses

Edwards, M.  R.; Munirov, V.  R.; Singh, A.; Fasano, N.  M.; Kur, E.; Lemos, N.; Mikhailova, J.  M.; Wurtele, J.  S.; Michel, P.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.128.065003

Title: Holographic Plasma Lenses

Journal Article · 07 February 2022 · Physical Review Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.128.065003 · OSTI ID:1866535

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Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)

We report a hologram fully encodes a three-dimensional light field by imprinting the interference between the field and a reference beam in a recording medium. Here we show that two collinear pump lasers with different foci overlapped in a gas jet produce a holographic plasma lens capable of focusing or collimating a probe laser at intensities several orders-of-magnitude higher than the limits of a nonionized optic. We outline the theory of these diffractive plasma lenses and present simulations for two plasma mechanisms that allow their construction: spatially varying ionization and ponderomotively driven ion-density fluctuations. Damage-resistant plasma optics are necessary for manipulating high-intensity light, and divergence control of high-intensity pulses—provided by holographic plasma lenses—will be a critical component of high-power plasma-based lasers.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE; USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; SC0017907

OSTI ID:: 1866535

Report Number(s):: DOE-PRINCETON-17907-3; LLNL-JRNL-823751; 1036447

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 128; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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