Method of accelerating photons by a relativistic plasma wave

Patent · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:867437

Dawson, John M ^[1]; Wilks, Scott C ^[2]

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1. Pacific Palisades, CA
2. Santa Monica, CA

Photons of a laser pulse have their group velocity accelerated in a plasma as they are placed on a downward density gradient of a plasma wave of which the phase velocity nearly matches the group velocity of the photons. This acceleration results in a frequency upshift. If the unperturbed plasma has a slight density gradient in the direction of propagation, the photon frequencies can be continuously upshifted to significantly greater values.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG03-87ER13752
• Assignee: Regents of University of California (Berkeley, CA)
• Patent Number(s): US 4937532
• OSTI ID: 867437
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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relativistic
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density
gradient
phase
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matches
acceleration
results
frequency
upshift
unperturbed
slight
direction
propagation
photon
frequencies
continuously
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significantly
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laser pulse
density gradient
phase velocity
nearly match
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