Generating a tunable narrow electron beam comb via laser-driven plasma grating

Yang Hetian; Wang Jingwei; Luan Shixia; Feng Ke; Wang Wentao; Li Ruxin

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Yang Hetian, Wang Jingwei, Luan Shixia, Feng Ke, Wang Wentao, Li Ruxin. Generating a tunable narrow electron beam comb via laser-driven plasma grating[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2023, 8(6): 064001. doi: 10.1063/5.0151883

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Yang Hetian, Wang Jingwei, Luan Shixia, Feng Ke, Wang Wentao, Li Ruxin. Generating a tunable narrow electron beam comb via laser-driven plasma grating[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2023, 8(6): 064001. doi: 10.1063/5.0151883

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Generating a tunable narrow electron beam comb via laser-driven plasma grating

doi: 10.1063/5.0151883

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Luan Shixia^{2
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Wang Wentao^{2
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College of Science, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, People’s Republic of China
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State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-Intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 201800, People’s Republic of China
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School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 200031, People’s Republic of China

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Corresponding author: a)Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed: sxluan@siom.ac.cn and wwt1980@siom.ac.cn
Received Date: 2023-03-25
Accepted Date: 2023-08-01

Available Online: 2023-11-01

Publish Date: 2023-11-01

Abstract

Abstract

We propose a novel approach for generating a high-density, spatially periodic narrow electron beam comb (EBC) from a plasma grating induced by the interference of two intense laser pulses in subcritical-density plasma. We employ particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations to investigate the effects of cross-propagating laser pulses with specific angles overlapping in a subcritical plasma. This overlap results in the formation of a transverse standing wave, leading to a spatially periodic high-density modulation known as a plasma grating. The electron density peak within the grating can reach several times the background plasma density. The charge imbalance between electrons and ions in the electron density peaks causes mutual repulsion among the electrons, resulting in Coulomb expansion and acceleration of the electrons. As a result, some electrons expand into vacuum, forming a periodic narrow EBC with an individual beam width in the nanoscale range. To further explore the formation of the nanoscale EBC, we conduct additional PIC simulations to study the dependence on various laser parameters. Overall, our proposed method offers a promising and controlled approach to generate tunable narrow EBCs with high density.

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Conflict of Interest
Hetian Yang: Data curation (equal); Formal analysis (equal); Investigation (equal). Jingwei Wang: Conceptualization (equal). Shixia Luan: Conceptualization (lead); Data curation (lead); Formal analysis (lead); Investigation (lead); Supervision (equal); Writing – original draft (lead). Ke Feng: Conceptualization (equal). Wentao Wang: Formal analysis (equal); Supervision (equal); Writing – review & editing (equal). Ruxin Li: Supervision (equal).
Author Contributions
The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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