Boosted High-Harmonics Pulse from a Double-Sided Relativistic Mirror

Esirkepov, T. Zh.; Bulanov, Sergei V.; Kando, M.; Pirozhkov, Alexander S.; Zhidkov, Alexei

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.103.025002

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“…free electron lasers [13], or relativistic flying mirrors [14][15][16]. In the former case, the interaction leading to HHG will unavoidably involve ionized media, i.e.…”

Section: W/cmmentioning

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High-order harmonic and attosecond pulse generation on plasma mirrors: basic mechanisms

Thaury¹,

Quéré²

2010

J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys.

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To cite this version:Cédric Thaury, F Quéré. High-order harmonic and attosecond pulse generation on plasma mirrors: basic mechanisms. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, IOP Publishing, 2010, 43 (21) When an intense femtosecond laser pulse hits an optically-polished surface, it generates a dense plasma that itself acts as a mirror, known as a plasma mirror. As this mirror reflects the highintensity laser field, its non-linear temporal response can lead to a periodic temporal distortion of the reflected wave, associated to a train of attosecond light pulses, and, in the frequency domain, to the generation of high-order harmonics of the laser. This paper presents detailed theoretical and numerical analysis of the two dominant harmonic generation mechanisms identified so far, Coherent Wake Emission and the Relativistic Oscillating Mirror. Parametric studies of the emission efficiency are presented in these two regimes, and the phase properties of the corresponding harmonics are discussed. This theoretical study is complemented by a synthesis of recent experimental results, which establishes that these two mechanisms indeed dominate harmonic generation on plasma mirrors.

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“…free electron lasers [13], or relativistic flying mirrors [14][15][16]. In the former case, the interaction leading to HHG will unavoidably involve ionized media, i.e.…”

Section: W/cmmentioning

confidence: 99%

High-order harmonic and attosecond pulse generation on plasma mirrors: basic mechanisms

Thaury¹,

Quéré²

2010

J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys.

205

199

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“…Other radiation sources based on the laser-plasma interaction have been developed and could provide photons in the keV range. For example, high-order harmonics from gas (Brabec and Krausz, 2000;Corkum, 1993;Krausz and Ivanov, 2009;Protopapas et al, 1997) or solid targets (Dromey et al, 2006;Tarasevitch et al, 2000;Teubner and Gibbon, 2009;Thaury et al, 2007), sources based on the flying mirror concept (Bulanov et al, 2003;Esirkepov et al, 2009;Kando et al, 2007;Mourou et al, 2006), or the K α source (Kieffer et al, 1993;Murnane et al, 1991;Rousse et al, 1994) can produce femtosecond XUV or x-ray radiation. However, they are not based on the same physical principle of acceleration and wiggling of relativistic electrons, and will therefore not be reviewed here.…”

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Femtosecond x rays from laser-plasma accelerators

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Relativistic interaction of short-pulse lasers with underdense plasmas has recently led to the emergence of a novel generation of femtosecond x-ray sources. Based on radiation from electrons accelerated in plasma, these sources have the common properties to be compact and to deliver collimated, incoherent and femtosecond radiation. In this article we review, within a unified formalism, the betatron radiation of trapped and accelerated electrons in the so-called bubble regime, the synchrotron radiation of laser-accelerated electrons in usual meter-scale undulators, the nonlinear Thomson scattering from relativistic electrons oscillating in an intense laser field, and the Thomson backscattered radiation of a laser beam by laser-accelerated electrons. The underlying physics is presented using ideal models, the relevant parameters are defined, and analytical expressions providing the features of the sources are given. Numerical simulations and a summary of recent experimental results on the different mechanisms are also presented. Each section ends with the foreseen development of each scheme. Finally, one of the most promising applications of laser-plasma accelerators is discussed: the realization of a compact free-electron laser in the x-ray range of the spectrum. In the conclusion, the relevant parameters characterizing each sources are summarized. Considering typical laser-plasma interaction parameters obtained with currently available lasers, examples of the source features are given. The sources are then compared to each other in order to define their field of applications.Comment: 58 pages, 41 figure

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“…Esirkepov et al proposed that a thin solid-density foil serves as double-sided accelerating mirror [28]. Double-sided means that the front surface, where an intense drive pulse shines, reflects the drive pulse and the frequency is downshifted while the rear surface works as an upshifting mirror for the incoming laser.…”

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Coherent, Short-Pulse X-ray Generation via Relativistic Flying Mirrors

Kando

Esirkepov

Koga

et al. 2018

QuBS

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Coherent, Short X-ray pulses are demanded in material science and biology for the study of micro-structures. Currently, large-sized free-electron lasers are used; however, the available beam lines are limited because of the large construction cost. Here we review a novel method to downsize the system as well as providing fully (spatially and temporally) coherent pulses. The method is based on the reflection of coherent laser light by a relativistically moving mirror (flying mirror). Due to the double Doppler effect, the reflected pulses are upshifted in frequency and compressed in time. Such mirrors are formed when an intense short laser pulse excites a strongly nonlinear plasma wave in tenuous plasma. Theory, proof-of-principle, experiments, and possible applications are addressed.

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Boosted High-Harmonics Pulse from a Double-Sided Relativistic Mirror

Cited by 62 publications

References 47 publications

High-order harmonic and attosecond pulse generation on plasma mirrors: basic mechanisms

High-order harmonic and attosecond pulse generation on plasma mirrors: basic mechanisms

Femtosecond x rays from laser-plasma accelerators

Coherent, Short-Pulse X-ray Generation via Relativistic Flying Mirrors

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