Direct laser acceleration: A model for the electron injection from the walls of a cylindrical guiding structure
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Valenta, P. (ORCID:0000000310673762)↗
Engineering topics
Bulanov, S. V. (ORCID:0000000183050289)
Publications and source records attributed to Bulanov, S. V. (ORCID:0000000183050289).
On parallel laser beam merger in plasmas
Self-focusing instability is a well-known phenomenon of nonlinear optics, which is of great importance in the field of laser–plasma interactions. Self-focusing instability leads to beam focusing and, consequently, breakup into multiple laser filaments. The majority of applications tend to avoid a laser filamentation regime due to its detrimental role on laser spot profile and peak intensity. In our work, using nonlinear Schrödinger equation solver and particle-in-cell simulations, we address the problem of interaction of multiple parallel beams in plasmas. We consider both non-relativistic and moderately relativistic regimes and demonstrate how the physics of parallel beam interaction transitions from the familiar self- and mutual-focusing instabilities in the non-relativistic regime to a moderately relativistic regime, where an analytical description of filament interaction is not available.
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY↗
Laser ion acceleration from tailored solid targets with micron-scale channels
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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY↗