Plasma-based creation of short light pulses: analysis and simulation of amplification and focusing

0440487 - FZÚ 2015 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Riconda, C. - Weber, Stefan A. - Lancia, L. - Marqués, J.-R. - Mourou, G. - Fuchs, J.
Plasma-based creation of short light pulses: analysis and simulation of amplification and focusing.
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. Roč. 57, č. 1 (2015), s. 014002. ISSN 0741-3335. E-ISSN 1361-6587
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT ED1.1.00/02.0061; GA MŠMT EE2.3.20.0279
Grant - others:ELI Beamlines(XE) CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0061; LaserZdroj (OP VK 3)(XE) CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.0279
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : plasma-based amplification * PIC simulations * parametric instabilities
Subject RIV: BL - Plasma and Gas Discharge Physics
Impact factor: 2.404, year: 2015

Plasmas can serve as damage-less optics for amplifying and focusing light pulses to very high intensity. This provides a way to overcome the limitations of solid-state optical materials as a damage threshold in the classical sense is absent. The amplification process relies on parametric processes in plasmas exploiting the coupling of transverse electromagnetic waves to a longitudinal plasma wave.
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