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Strongly magnetizing a plasma adds a range of waves that do not exist in unmagnetized plasmas and enlarges the laser-plasma interaction (LPI) landscape. In this paper, we use particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations to investigate strongly…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-11-23 Lili Manzo , Matthew R. Edwards , Yuan Shi

We propose a scheme to generate gamma-ray photons with an orbital angular momentum (OAM) and high energy simultaneously from laser-plasma interactions by irradiating a circularly polarized Laguerre-Gaussian laser on a thin plasma target.…

Understanding and interpretation of the dynamics of ultrarelativistic plasma is a challenge, which calls for the development of methods for \textit{in situ} probing the plasma dynamical characteristics. We put forward a new method,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-05-03 Zheng Gong , Karen Z. Hatsagortsyan , Christoph H. Keitel

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

Two decades after the invention of chirped pulse amplification the physical mechanism of collisionless absorption of intense laser radiation in overdense matter is still not sufficiently well understood. We show that anharmonic resonance in…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2008-05-14 P. Mulser , D. Bauer , H. Ruhl

We demonstrate the polarization of electron orbital angular momentum (OAM) in neutral atoms by integrating the Zeeman effect with attosecond transient absorption spectroscopy (ATAS). Using density matrix simulations, we show that in a…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-07-04 Hongtao Hu , Sebastian Mai , Peng Peng , Andrius Baltuška , Xinhua Xie

An efficient mechanism of laser pulse focusing with the help of shaped underdense plasma target immersed in inhomogeneous magnetic field has been demonstrated. These studies have been carried out with the help of 2-D Particle-In-Cell (PIC)…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-07-01 Trishul Dhalia , Rohit Juneja , Amita Das

Spin and orbital angular momentum of an optical beam are two independent parameters that exhibit distinct effects on mechanical objects. However, when laser beams with angular momentum interact with plasmas, one can observe the interplay…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-11-20 C. K. Huang , C. J. Zhang , Z. Nie , K. A. Marsh , C. E. Clayton , C. Joshi

The dynamics of single laser-driven electrons and many particle systems with spin are investigated on the basis of a classical theory. We demonstrate that the spin forces can alter the electron dynamics in an ultra-relativistic laser field…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-06-17 Meng Wen , Heiko Bauke , Christoph H. Keitel

Due to their high cross field mobility, neutral atoms can have a strong effect on transport even at the low relative densities found inside the separatrix. We use a charge-exchange dominated model for the neutrals, coupled to neoclassical…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-12-21 JT Omotani , SL Newton , I Pusztai , T Fülöp

The absorption of laser energy by plasma is of paramount importance for various applications. Collisional and resonant processes are often invoked for this purpose. However, in some contexts (e.g. in vacuum and the JxB heating), the energy…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-03-20 Rohit Juneja , Amita Das , Trishul Dhalia , Animesh Sharma

The structure of Langmuir plasma waves carrying a finite angular orbital momentum is revised in the paraxial optics approximation. It is shown that the kinetic effects related to higher-order momenta of the electron distribution function…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-07-24 D. Blackman , R. Nuter , Ph. Korneev , V. T. Tikhonchuk

Laser-plasma accelerators have become compact sources of ultrashort electron bunches at energies up to the gigaelectronvolt range thanks to the remarkable progress made over the past decade. A direct application of these electron bunches is…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2011-04-25 S. Corde , K. Ta Phuoc

The problem of light waves interaction with charged particles becomes more and more complex starting with the case of plane waves, where the analytical solution is well known, to more natural, though more complicated situations which…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-07-22 Egor Dmitriev , Philipp Korneev

The annular electron beam has significant practical potential in high-energy physics and condensed matter physics, which can be used to edge-enhancement electron imaging, collimation of antiprotons in conventional linear accelerators,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-10-15 Yangchun Liu , Dong Wu , Tianyi Liang , Zhengmao Sheng , Xiantu He

Polarized electron beam production via laser wakefield acceleration in pre-polarized plasma is investigated by particle-in-cell simulations. The evolution of the electron beam polarization is studied based on the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-11-20 L. R. Yin , X. F. Li , Y. J. Gu , N. Cao , Q. Kong , M. Buescher , S. M. Weng , M. Chen , Z. M. Sheng

The heating of ions via lower hybrid waves has been observed in several astrophysical as well as laboratory plasmas. We have conducted Particle-In-Cell simulations to demonstrate absorption of the incident laser pulse at a chosen localized…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-02-15 Ayushi Vashistha , Devshree Mandal , Srimanta Maity , Amita Das

We propose a new approach to high-intensity laser-driven electron acceleration in a plasma. Here, we demonstrate that a plasma wave generated by a stimulated forward-scattering of an incident laser pulse can be in a longest acceleration…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-05-09 A. A. Rukhadze , S. P. Sadykova , T. G. Samkharadze , P. Gibbon

The interaction between free electrons and laser-induced near-fields provides a platform to study ultrafast processes and quantum phenomena while enabling precise manipulation of electron wavefunctions through linear and orbital momentum…

Optics · Physics 2025-02-25 Fatemeh Chahshouri , Nahid Talebi

The low-frequency instability of a magnetized plasma column and the anomalous radial plasma convection are shown to be linked with the existence of a radial cross-field current along a plasma channel rotating around the central magnetized…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2010-11-10 S. Jaeger , Th. Pierre