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High-Order Harmonics from Laser Irradiated Electron Density Singularity Formed at the Bow Wave in the Laser Plasma

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The electron density singularity formed at the joining area of relativistic wake wave and bow waves has been proposed as a novel relativistic electron mirror regime to reflect the counter-propagating electromagnetic pulse [1]. Coherent hard electromagnetic radiation is generated by the reflection, compression and frequency upshift from the electron density singularity. In this paper, detailed description of this regime is provided, and new features are shown. The electromagnetic fields reflected by the electron density singularity are investigated via multi-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations.

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The work is supported by the project High Field Initiative (CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15_003/0000449) from the European Regional Development Fund, and the project “IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center LM2015070” from The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports in Czech Republic. JKK acknowledges support from JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP16K05639.

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  1. Institute of Physics of the ASCR, ELI Beamlines Project, Na Slovance 2, Prague, 18221, Czech Republic

    J. Mu, P. Valenta, T. M. Jeong, Ya. Gu, G. Korn & S. V. Bulanov

  2. Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619-0215, Japan

    T. Zh. Esirkepov, J. K. Koga, A. S. Pirozhkov, M. Kando & S. V. Bulanov

  3. Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Brehova 7, Prague, 11519, Czech Republic

    P. Valenta

  4. Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, 119991, Russia

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Mu, J., Esirkepov, T.Z., Valenta, P. et al. High-Order Harmonics from Laser Irradiated Electron Density Singularity Formed at the Bow Wave in the Laser Plasma. Phys. Wave Phen. 27, 247–256 (2019). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1541308X19040010

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