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Upper-limit power for self-guided propagation of intense lasers in underdense plasma
  • 期刊名称:High Power Laser Science and Engineering
  • 时间:2013
  • 页码:74-79
  • 分类:TN24[电子电信—物理电子学] O53[理学—等离子体物理;理学—物理]
  • 作者机构:Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, CAS, Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (Ministry of Education) and Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • 相关基金:supported in part by NSFC (Grant Nos. 11105217, 11121504, and 10925421);National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2009GB105002)
  • 相关项目:相对论强激光作用下高能粒子束流的产生和传输
中文摘要:

It is found that there is an upper-limit critical power for self-guided propagation of intense lasers in plasma in addition to the well-known lower-limit critical power set by the relativistic effect.Above this upper-limit critical power,the laser pulse experiences defocusing due to expulsion of local plasma electrons by the transverse ponderomotive force.Associated with the upper-limit power,a lower-limit critical plasma density is also found for a given laser spot size,below which self-focusing does not occur for any laser power.Both the upper-limit power and the lower-limit density are derived theoretically and verified by two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations.The present study provides new guidance for experimental designs,where self-guided propagation of lasers is essential.

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