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Terahertz (THz) emissions from fast electron and ion currents driven in relativistic, femtosecond laser-foil interactions are examined theoretically. We first consider the radiation from the energetic electrons exiting the backside of the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-12-15 E. Denoual , L. Bergé , X. Davoine , L. Gremillet

A laser-boosted relativistic solid-density paraboloidal foil is known to efficiently reflect and focus a counterpropagating laser pulse. Here we show that in the case of an ultrarelativistic counterpropagating pulse, a high-energy and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-07-14 M. Tamburini , A. Di Piazza , T. V. Liseykina , C. H. Keitel

The dynamics of electric field generation and radial acceleration of ions by a laser pulse of relativistic intensity propagating in an underdense plasma has been investigated using an one-dimensional electrostatic, ponderomotive model…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2008-07-30 A. Macchi , F. Ceccherini , F. Cornolti , S. Kar , M. Borghesi

Based on the quantum hydrodynamic model, a new relationship between the electrostatic-potential and the electron-density in the ultra-dense plasma is derived. Propagation of arbitrary amplitude nonlinear ion waves is, then, investigated in…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-21 M. Akbari-Moghanjoughi

Relativistic self-focusing and channeling of intense laser pulses have been studied in underdense plasma using 2D PIC simulations, for different laser powers and plasma densities. Analytical solutions for the stationary evacuated channels…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 N. Naseri , S. G. Bochkarev , W. Rozmus

We analyze the obtained solutions of the non-linear Shroedinger equation for spherically and axially symmetrical electrons density oscillations in plasma. The conditions of the oscillations process existence are examined. It is shown that…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-07-31 Maxim Dvornikov , Sergey Dvornikov

Recent simulations show that very large electric and magnetic fields near the kilo Tesla strength will likely be generated by ultra-intense lasers at existing facilities over distances of hundreds of microns in underdense plasmas. Stronger…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-03-02 M. Ángeles Pérez-García , A. Pérez Martínez , E. Rodríguez Querts

Hot electron temperatures and electron energy spectra in the course of interaction between intense laser pulse and overdense plasmas are reexamined from a viewpoint of the difference in laser wavelength. The hot electron temperature…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Susumu Kato , Eiichi Takahashi , Tatsuya Aota , Yuji Matsumoto , Isao Okuda , Yoshiro Owadano

Three-dimensional (3D) particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations are used to investigate the interaction of ultrahigh intensity lasers ($> 10^{20}$ W/cm$^{-2}$) with matter at overcritical densities. Intense laser pulses are shown to penetrate up…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2012-05-15 F. Fiuza , R. A. Fonseca , L. O. Silva , J. Tonge , J. May , W. B. Mori

The dynamics of magnetic fields with amplitude of several tens of Megagauss, generated at both sides of a solid target irradiated with a high intensity (? 1019W/cm2) picosecond laser pulse, has been spatially and temporally resolved using a…

By using multi-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation, we present a new regime of stable proton beam acceleration which takes place when a two-specie shaped foil is illuminated by a circularly polarized laser pulse. It is observed that the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-03-13 T. P. Yu , A. Pukhov , G. Shvets , M. Chen

The main purpose of this work is the investigation of the influence of electron-positron-ion on the electrostatic wakefields that are driven by intense, short electromagnetic wave packets in a three component unmagnetized plasma. The…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 Magdy Yassin EL Ashry , EL Sayed Ibrahim Shalaan

The regimes of quasi-mono-energetic electron beam generation were experimentally studied in the sub-relativistic intensity laser plasma interaction. The observed electron acceleration regime is unfolded with two-dimensional-particle-in-cell…

The field nature of spin in the framework of the field electromagnetic particle concept is considered. A mathematical character of the fine structure constant is discussed. Three topologically different field models for charged particle…

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We apply the coupled dynamics of time-dependent density functional theory and Maxwell equations to the interaction of intense laser pulses with crystalline silicon. As a function of electromagnetic field intensity, we see several regions in…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-03 K. Yabana , T. Sugiyama , Y. Shinohara , T. Otobe , G. F. Bertsch

Multi MeV protons \cite{snavely2000intense} and heavier ions are emitted by thin foils irradiated by high-intensity lasers, due to the huge accelerating fields, up to several teraelectronvolt per meter, at sub-picosecond timescale…

When a laser field is incident on an overdense plasma it is unable to penetrate inside it. Nevertheless, a part of its energy gets transferred to the electrons through a variety of mechanisms (e.g. vacuum and $\vec{J}\times \vec{B}) heating…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-11-18 Devshree Mandal , Ayushi Vashistha , Amita Das

Linear and nonlinear optical response of WSe$_{2}$ monolayer is investigated by two-dimensional Maxwell plus time-dependent density functional theory with spin-orbit interaction. By applying the chiral resonant pulses, the electron dynamics…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-02-04 Arqum Hashmi , Shunsuke Yamada , Atsushi Yamada , Kazuhiro Yabana , Tomohito Otobe

The dynamics of charged particles in electromagnetic fields is an essential component of understanding the most extreme environments in our Universe. In electromagnetic fields of sufficient magnitude, radiation emission dominates the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-04-25 A. Gonoskov , T. G. Blackburn , M. Marklund , S. S. Bulanov

We discuss the key important regimes of electromagnetic field interaction with charged particles. Main attention is paid to the nonlinear Thomson/Compton scattering regime with the radiation friction and quantum electrodynamics effects…