Generation of a static plasma electron grating

Plasma zone plate for high-power lasers driven by a Laguerre–Gaussian beam

“…optical damage as the traditional solid-state optical components, have become potential alternatives for high-power laser manipulation and have been extensively studied in recent years [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. A series of plasma-based optical components and applications have been proposed, such as plasma gratings or photonic crystals with band structure [11][12][13], plasma holograms for focusing and mode conversion [14], plasma mirrors for probing strong field quantum electrodynamics [15,16], plasma lenses for laser shaping [17], plasma waveplates for polarization manipulation [18][19][20] and plasma-based ellipsoidal mirror [21] and compound parabolic concentrator [22] with an intensity toleration over 10 12 W cm −2 for focusing lasers. Recently, Edwards et al demonstrated a highly-efficient plasma-based zone plate by two copropagating lasers which tolerates a maximum intensity of 10 17 W cm −2 [23].…”

Plasma zone plate for high-power lasers driven by a Laguerre-Gaussian beam

“…With the increasing peak intensity of lasers, manipulation of such high-power lasers has become increasingly challenging because the size of the traditional solid-state optical components must be enlarged to avoid laser-induced thermal damage [9], which can be extremely costly and technically challenging for large-scale PW laser systems [10]. As a result, plasmabased optical components composed of free electrons and ions, which are not limited by optical damage as the traditional solid-state optical components, have become potential alternatives for high-power laser manipulation and have been extensively studied in recent years [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. A series of plasma-based optical components and applications have been proposed, such as plasma gratings or photonic crystals with band structure [11][12][13], plasma holograms for focusing and mode conversion [14], plasma mirrors for probing strong field quantum electrodynamics [15,16], plasma lenses for laser shaping [17], plasma waveplates for polarization manipulation [18][19][20] and plasma-based ellipsoidal mirror [21] and compound parabolic concentrator [22] with an intensity toleration over 10 12 W/cm 2 for focusing lasers.…”

“…As a result, plasmabased optical components composed of free electrons and ions, which are not limited by optical damage as the traditional solid-state optical components, have become potential alternatives for high-power laser manipulation and have been extensively studied in recent years [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. A series of plasma-based optical components and applications have been proposed, such as plasma gratings or photonic crystals with band structure [11][12][13], plasma holograms for focusing and mode conversion [14], plasma mirrors for probing strong field quantum electrodynamics [15,16], plasma lenses for laser shaping [17], plasma waveplates for polarization manipulation [18][19][20] and plasma-based ellipsoidal mirror [21] and compound parabolic concentrator [22] with an intensity toleration over 10 12 W/cm 2 for focusing lasers. Recently, Edwards et al demonstrated a highly-efficient plasma-based zone plate by two copropagating lasers which tolerates a maximum intensity of 10 17 W/cm 2 [23].…”

Transient Relativistic Plasma Grating to Tailor High-Power Laser Fields, Wakefield Plasma Waves, and Electron Injection

“…3. In the interference pattern, electrons experience the transverse standing wave and a traveling wave propagating in the x direction [30]. While the electrons are pushed to the nodes of the standing wave [29,31], they oscillate in the electric field of the traveling wave and gain energy up to γ max ∼ 4.…”