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We present a simple novel scheme that converts a Gaussian beam into an approximated radially polarized beam using coherent polarization manipulation together with Poynting walk-off in birefringent crystals. Our scheme alleviates the…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. B. Phua , W. J. Lai

Recent advances in electron and positron sources have resulted in new capabilities driven in most cases by the increasing demands of advanced accelerating systems. Electron sources for brighter beams and for high average-current beams are…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 J. E. Clendenin

Nonlinear Compton scattering driven by ultraintense lasers presents a promising avenue for enhancing the photon energy, brilliance, and setup compactness of $\gamma$-ray sources. However, a significant challenge lies in achieving a high…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-04-12 Xian-Zhang Wu , Yan-Fei Li , Yu-Tong Li

There has been much recent research into possible methods of polarizing an antiproton beam, the most promising being spin filtering, the theoretical understanding of which is currently incomplete. The method of polarization buildup by spin…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-03-09 D. S. O'Brien

The proposed International Linear Collider (ILC) is well-suited for discovering physics beyond the Standard Model and for precisely unravelling the structure of the underlying physics. The physics return of the ILC can be maximized by the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Gudrid Moortgat-Pick

A method to generate ultrahigh intense electromagnetic fields is suggested, based on the laser pulse compression, carrier frequency upshift and focusing by a counter-propagating breaking plasma wave, relativistic flying parabolic mirror.…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sergei V. Bulanov , Timur Esirkepov , Toshiki Tajima

The robustness of a structured collimation device is discussed for an intense-laser-produced ion beam. In this paper the ion beam collimation is realized by the solid structured collimation device, which produces the transverse electric…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-03-19 S. Kawata , M. Takano , D. Kamiyama , T. Nagashima , D. Barada , Y. J. Gu , X. Li , Q. Yu , Q. Kong , P. X. Wang

Focusing petawatt-level laser beams to a variety of spot sizes for different applications is expensive in cost, labor and space. In this paper, we propose a plasma lens to flexibly resize the laser beam by utilizing the laser self-focusing…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-12-14 Ming Zeng , Alberto Martinez de la Ossa , Kristjan Poder , Jens Osterhoff

It is shown that well collimated mono-energetic ion beams with a large particle number can be generated in the hole-boring radiation pressure acceleration regime by using an elliptically polarized laser pulse with appropriate theoretically…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Dong Wu , C. Y. Zheng , C. T. Zhou , X. Q. Yan , M. Y. Yu , X. T. He

We propose an all-optical, single-laser-pulse scheme for generating dense, relativistic, strongly-magnetized electron-positron pair plasma. The scheme involves the interaction of an extremely intense ($I \gtrsim \SI{e24}{\watt/\cm^2}$)…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-09-17 Alexander Samsonov , Alexander Pukhov

Reaching light intensities above $10^{25}$ W/cm$^{2}$ and up to the Schwinger limit ($10^{29}$ W/cm$^{2}$) would enable testing decades-old fundamental predictions of Quantum Electrodynamics. A promising yet challenging approach to achieve…

Optics · Physics 2020-07-13 L. Chopineau , A. Denoeud , A. Leblanc , E. Porat , Ph. Martin , H. Vincenti , F. Quéré

We demonstrate in this research the quasi-monoenergetic electron and proton acceleration through three dimensional particle-in-cell simulations of short petawatt circular polarized laser pulse interactions with near critical density…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-01-25 Ashutosh Sharma

With the emergence in the next few years of a new breed of high power laser facilities, it is becoming increasingly important to understand how interacting with intense laser pulses affects the bulk properties of a relativistic electron…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Samuel R. Yoffe , Yevgen Kravets , Adam Noble , Dino A. Jaroszynski

We put forward a novel method for producing ultrarelativistic high-density high-polarization positrons through a single-shot interaction of a strong laser with a tilted solid foil. In our method, the driving laser ionizes the target, and…

A future Linear Collider is well suited for discovering physics beyond the Standard Model, for revealing the structure of the underlying physics as well as for performing high precision tests of the Standard Model. The use of polarised…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Gudrid Moortgat-Pick

The problem of electromagnetic emission generation in plasma with electron beams is relevant both for practical applications and for interpretation of radio emission processes in astrophysical systems. In this work, we consider the case of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-08-08 Vladimir Annenkov , Evgeniia Volchok , Igor Timofeev

Ionization by relativistically intense short laser pulses is studied in the framework of strong-field quantum electrodynamics. Distinctive patterns are found in the energy probability distributions of photoelectrons. Except of the already…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-03-14 F. Cajiao Vélez , J. Z. Kamiński , K. Krajewska

Polarized light has various potential applications in the communication bands, including optical communication, polarization imaging, quantum emission, and quantum communication. However, optimizing polarization control requires continuous…

Optics · Physics 2024-03-12 Xinyang Wang , Qi Lin , Lingling Wang , Guidong Liu

The effects of the initial spin orientation on the final electron beam polarization via laser wakefield acceleration in pre-polarized plasma are investigated theoretically and numerically. From a variation of the initial spin direction, the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-02-13 L. R. Yin , X. F. Li , Y. J. Gu , N. Cao , Q. Kong , M. Buescher , S. M. Weng , M. Chen , Z. M. Sheng

A novel method of electron beam cooling is considered which can be used for linear colliders. The electron beam is cooled during collision with focused powerful laser pulse. With reasonable laser parameters (laser flash energy about 10 J)…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-10-25 Valery Telnov