Three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations of the relativistic klystron oscillator

Author(s):  
J.J. Watrous ◽  
G.E. Sasser ◽  
J.W. Luginsland ◽  
L.D. Merkle
2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 613-617
Author(s):  
张泽海 Zhang Zehai ◽  
舒挺 Shu Ting ◽  
张军 Zhang Jun ◽  
刘静 Liu Jing ◽  
白现臣 Bai Xianchen

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong-Ning Yue ◽  
Min Chen ◽  
Yao Zhao ◽  
Pan-Fei Geng ◽  
Xiao-Hui Yuan ◽  
...  

Abstract Generation of nonlinear structures, such as stimulated Raman side scattering waves, post-solitons and electron vortices, during ultra-short intense laser pulse transportation in near-critical-density (NCD) plasmas are studied by using multi-dimensional particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. In two-dimensional geometries, both P- and S- polarized laser pulses are used to drive these nonlinear structures and to check the polarization effects on them. In the S-polarized case, the scattered waves can be captured by surrounding plasmas leading to the generation of post-solitons, while the main pulse excites convective electric currents leading to the formation of electron vortices through Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI). In the P-polarized case, the scattered waves dissipate their energy by heating surrounding plasmas. Electron vortices are excited due to the hosing instability of the drive laser. These polarization dependent physical processes are reproduced in two different planes perpendicular to the laser propagation direction in three-dimensional simulation with linearly polarized laser driver. The current work provides inspiration for future experiments of laser-NCD plasma interactions.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph R. Smith ◽  
Simin Zhang ◽  
Charles Varin ◽  
Vitaly E. Gruzdev ◽  
Enam A. Chowdhury

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