Physical processes in the channel of propagation of CO2 laser pulses during the generation of electric and magnetic fields

Author(s):  
S.F. Balandin ◽  
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V.A. Donchenko ◽  
V.F. Myshkin ◽  
V.A. Khan ◽  
...  

The mechanisms of generation of electric and magnetic fields during the propagation of microsecond pulses of a CO2 laser in the atmosphere over long paths are considered. The range of radiated waves selected for research is substantiated. The power of the source required for the realization of the pre-breakdown and breakdown modes of interaction of radiation with the medium is estimated. The dependence of the observed signals on the conditions of radiation propagation is investigated. Comparison of theoretical estimates and results of outdoorexperiments is carried out.

2008 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-118
Author(s):  
FEN-CE CHEN

AbstractThe acceleration of ions by multiple laser pulses and their spontaneously generated electric and magnetic fields is investigated by using an analytical model for the latter. The relativistic equations of motion of test charged particles are solved numerically. It is found that the self-generated axial electric field plays an important role in the acceleration, and the energy of heavy test ions can reach several gigaelectronvolts.


2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 549-554
Author(s):  
V. F. Myshkin ◽  
S. F. Balandin ◽  
V. A. Donchenko ◽  
V. A. Pogodaev ◽  
V. A. Khan ◽  
...  

2001 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. BERNARDINELLO ◽  
D. BATANI ◽  
A. ANTONICCI ◽  
F. PISANI ◽  
M. KOENIG ◽  
...  

We present some experimental results which demonstrate the presence of electric inhibition in the propagation of relativistic electrons generated by intense laser pulses, depending on target conductivity. The use of transparent targets and shadowgraphic techniques has made it possible to evidence electron jets moving at the speed of light, an indication of the presence of self-generated strong magnetic fields.


2008 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Romagnani ◽  
M. Borghesi ◽  
C.A. Cecchetti ◽  
S. Kar ◽  
P. Antici ◽  
...  

AbstractThe use of laser-accelerated protons as a particle probe for the detection of electric fields in plasmas has led in recent years to a wealth of novel information regarding the ultrafast plasma dynamics following high intensity laser-matter interactions. The high spatial quality and short duration of these beams have been essential to this purpose. We will discuss some of the most recent results obtained with this diagnostic at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK) and at LULI - Ecole Polytechnique (France), also applied to conditions of interest to conventional Inertial Confinement Fusion. In particular, the technique has been used to measure electric fields responsible for proton acceleration from solid targets irradiated with ps pulses, magnetic fields formed by ns pulse irradiation of solid targets, and electric fields associated with the ponderomotive channelling of ps laser pulses in under-dense plasmas.


Author(s):  
Luca Labate ◽  
Gianluca Vantaggiato ◽  
Leonida A. Gizzi

A study of the structure of the electric and magnetic fields of ultraintense laser pulses focused by an off-axis parabolic mirror is reported. At first, a theoretical model is laid out, whose final equations integration allows the space and time structure of the fields to be retrieved. The model is then employed to investigate the field patterns at different times within the optical cycle, for off-axis parabola parameters normally employed in the context of ultraintense laser–plasma interaction experiments. The results show that nontrivial, complex electromagnetic field patterns are observed at the time at which the electric and magnetic fields are supposed to vanish. The importance of this effect is then studied for different laser polarizations, $f$ numbers and off-axis angles.


2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (06) ◽  
pp. 1650052 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Y. Chen ◽  
S. J. Huang ◽  
Q. Song ◽  
P. X. Wang

Starting from a first-order approximate field description function for laser pulses, the method currently used to approximate chirped laser pulse (CLP) substitutes frequency and wave vector related variables with spatiotemporally varying functions. We investigated the error involved by calculating the relative deviation from Maxwell equations. Errors for the electric and magnetic fields are analyzed separately, and behaviors related to parameter changes (that is, in laser width, pulse duration and chirp parameter) were studied. Results show that aberration associated with currently used field-description functions for CLP increases monotonically with chirp parameter, and the deviation introduced by chirping is proportional to the relative frequency span of the laser. Simulations based on these functions will lead to considerable error, especially for laser pulses with large chirping.


2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 712-712
Author(s):  
V. F. Myshkin ◽  
S. F. Balandin ◽  
V. A. Donchenko ◽  
V. A. Pogodaev ◽  
V. A. Khan ◽  
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