Ultraintense few-cycle infrared laser generation by fast-extending plasma grating

Li Zhaoli; Zuo Yanlei; Zeng Xiaoming; Wu Zhaohui; Wang Xiaodong; Wang Xiao; Mu Jie; Hu Bilong

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Li Zhaoli, Zuo Yanlei, Zeng Xiaoming, Wu Zhaohui, Wang Xiaodong, Wang Xiao, Mu Jie, Hu Bilong. Ultraintense few-cycle infrared laser generation by fast-extending plasma grating[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2023, 8(1): 014401. doi: 10.1063/5.0119868

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Li Zhaoli, Zuo Yanlei, Zeng Xiaoming, Wu Zhaohui, Wang Xiaodong, Wang Xiao, Mu Jie, Hu Bilong. Ultraintense few-cycle infrared laser generation by fast-extending plasma grating[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2023, 8(1): 014401. doi: 10.1063/5.0119868

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Li Zhaoli, Zuo Yanlei, Zeng Xiaoming, Wu Zhaohui, Wang Xiaodong, Wang Xiao, Mu Jie, Hu Bilong. Ultraintense few-cycle infrared laser generation by fast-extending plasma grating[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2023, 8(1): 014401. doi: 10.1063/5.0119868

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Ultraintense few-cycle infrared laser generation by fast-extending plasma grating

doi: 10.1063/5.0119868

Li Zhaoli^{1, 2
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Zuo Yanlei^{1, 2},
Zeng Xiaoming^{1, 2},
Wu Zhaohui^{1, 2
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Wang Xiaodong^{1, 2},
Wang Xiao^{1, 2},
Mu Jie^{1, 2},
Hu Bilong^{1, 2}

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Laser Fusion Research Center, China Academy of Engineering Physics, P.O. Box 919-988, Mianyang 621900, China
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Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, P.O. Box 919-988, Mianyang 621900, China

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Corresponding author: a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: wuzhaohui20050@163.com
Received Date: 2022-08-10
Accepted Date: 2022-10-18

Available Online: 2023-01-01

Publish Date: 2023-01-01

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Abstract

Ultraintense short-period infrared laser pulses play an important role in frontier scientific research, but their power is quite low when generated using current technology. This paper demonstrates a scheme for generating an ultraintense few-cycle infrared pulse by directly compressing a long infrared pulse. In this scheme, an infrared picosecond-to-nanosecond laser pulse counterpropagates with a rapidly extending plasma grating that is created by ionizing an undulated gas by a short laser pulse, and the infrared laser pulse is reflected by the rapidly extending plasma grating. Because of the high expansion velocity of the latter, the infrared laser pulse is compressed in the reflection process. One- and two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations show that by this method, a pulse with a duration of tens of picoseconds in the mid- to far-infrared range can be compressed to a few cycles with an efficiency exceeding 60%, thereby making ultraintense few-cycle infrared pulses possible.

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