Abstract
The use of plasmas provides a way to overcome the damage threshold of classical solid-state based optical materials which is the main limitation encountered in producing extreme power laser pulses. In particular one can use plasmas to directly amplify ultra-short laser pulses to very high intensities. Multi-dimensional kinetic simulations and first proof-of-principle experiments show the feasibility of using plasma instabilities involving ion waves, such as stimulated Brillouin backscattering, in a controlled way to transfer energy from a long pump pulse to a short seed pulse and thereby increase the intensity of the latter. Plasma parametric amplification, and the use of plasma mirrors for focusing, is part of the newly developping domain of plasma optics, which eventually will pave the way to Exawatt lasers.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
A.A. Andreev, et al., Phys. Plasmas 13, 053110 (2006)
S. Weber, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 055004 (2013)
C. Riconda, et al., Proc. SPIE 8779, 877921 (2013)
C. Riconda, et al., Phys. Plasmas 20, 083115 (2013)
L. Lancia, et al., Proc. SPIE 7359, 73590N (2009)
L. Lancia, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 025001 (2010)
D. Jaroszynski, et al., this special issue of EPJ ST
B. Stuart, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 2248 (1995)
D. Forslund, J. Kindel, E. Lindman, Phys. Fluids 18, 1002 (1975)
B. Cohen, C. Max, Phys. Fluids 22, 1115 (1979)
P. Guzdar, C. Liu, R. Lehmberg, Phys. Plasmas 3, 3414 (1996)
G. Lehmann, F. Schluck, K. Spatschek, Phys. Plasmas 19, 093120 (2012)
G. Lehmann, K. Spatschek, Phys. Plasmas 20, 073112 (2013)
M. Nakatsutsumi, et al., Optics Lett. 35, 2314 (2010)
J. Fuchs, et al., Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 223(6), 1169 (2014)
G.A. Mourou, T. Tajima, S. Bulanov, Rev. Mod. Phys. 78, 309 (2006)
Y.I. Salamin, et al., Phys. Reports 427, 41 (2006)
G.A. Mourou, T. Tajima, Science 331, 41 (2011)
A. Di Piazza, et al., Rev. Mod. Phys. 84, 1177 (2012)
International Center for Zettawatt-Exawatt Science and Technology, http://www.izest.polytechnique.edu
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Frank, A., Fuchs, J., Lancia, L. et al. Amplification of ultra-short light pulses by ion collective modes in plasmas. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 223, 1153–1156 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2014-02167-1
Received:
Revised:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2014-02167-1