Backward scattering of laser plasma interactions from hundreds-of-joules broadband laser on thick target

Wang Peipei; An Honghai; Fang Zhiheng; Xiong Jun; Xie Zhiyong; Wang Chen; He Zhiyu; Jia Guo; Wang Ruirong; Zheng Shu; Xia Lan; Feng Wei; Shi Haitao; Wang Wei; Sun Jinren; Gao Yanqi; Fu Sizu

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Wang Peipei, An Honghai, Fang Zhiheng, Xiong Jun, Xie Zhiyong, Wang Chen, He Zhiyu, Jia Guo, Wang Ruirong, Zheng Shu, Xia Lan, Feng Wei, Shi Haitao, Wang Wei, Sun Jinren, Gao Yanqi, Fu Sizu. Backward scattering of laser plasma interactions from hundreds-of-joules broadband laser on thick target[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2024, 9(1): 015602. doi: 10.1063/5.0122406

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Wang Peipei, An Honghai, Fang Zhiheng, Xiong Jun, Xie Zhiyong, Wang Chen, He Zhiyu, Jia Guo, Wang Ruirong, Zheng Shu, Xia Lan, Feng Wei, Shi Haitao, Wang Wei, Sun Jinren, Gao Yanqi, Fu Sizu. Backward scattering of laser plasma interactions from hundreds-of-joules broadband laser on thick target[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2024, 9(1): 015602. doi: 10.1063/5.0122406

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Wang Peipei, An Honghai, Fang Zhiheng, Xiong Jun, Xie Zhiyong, Wang Chen, He Zhiyu, Jia Guo, Wang Ruirong, Zheng Shu, Xia Lan, Feng Wei, Shi Haitao, Wang Wei, Sun Jinren, Gao Yanqi, Fu Sizu. Backward scattering of laser plasma interactions from hundreds-of-joules broadband laser on thick target[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2024, 9(1): 015602. doi: 10.1063/5.0122406

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Backward scattering of laser plasma interactions from hundreds-of-joules broadband laser on thick target

doi: 10.1063/5.0122406

Shanghai Institute of Laser Plasma, CAEP, Shanghai 201899, People’s Republic of China

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Received Date: 2022-08-24
Accepted Date: 2023-10-16

Available Online: 2024-01-01

Publish Date: 2024-01-01

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The use of broadband laser technology is a novel approach for inhibiting processes related to laser plasma interactions (LPIs). In this study, several preliminary experiments into broadband-laser-driven LPIs are carried out using a newly established hundreds-of-joules broadband second-harmonic-generation laser facility. Through direct comparison with LPI results for a traditional narrowband laser, the actual LPI-suppression effect of the broadband laser is shown. The broadband laser had a clear suppressive effect on both back-stimulated Raman scattering and back-stimulated Brillouin scattering at laser intensities below 1 × 10¹⁵ W cm⁻². An abnormal hot-electron phenomenon is also investigated, using targets of different thicknesses.

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