Advances in laser-plasma interactions using intense vortex laser beams

Y Shi, X Zhang, A Arefiev, B Shen - Science China Physics, Mechanics & …, 2024 - Springer
Low-intensity light beams carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM), commonly known as
vortex beams, have garnered significant attention due to promising applications in areas …

Intense harmonic generation driven by a relativistic spatiotemporal vortex beam

L Zhang, L Ji, B Shen - High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2022 - cambridge.org
Spatiotemporal optical vortex (STOV) pulses carrying purely transverse intrinsic orbital
angular momentum (TOAM) are attracting increasing attention because the TOAM provides …

Characteristics of electron beams accelerated by parallel and antiparallel circularly polarized Laguerre–Gaussian laser pulses

H Song, KH Pae, J Won, J Song, S Lee, CM Kim… - Applied Physics B, 2023 - Springer
A direct comparison of the properties of electron beam generated by antiparallel circularly
polarized Laguerre–Gaussian (CPLG) laser pulse and parallel CPLG laser pulse has been …

All-optical nonlinear chiral ultrafast magnetization dynamics driven by circularly polarized magnetic fields

L Sánchez-Tejerina, R Martín-Hernández… - High Power Laser …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Ultrafast laser pulses provide unique tools to manipulate magnetization dynamics at
femtosecond timescales, where the interaction of the electric field usually dominates over …

Electron pulse train accelerated by a linearly polarized Laguerre–Gaussian laser beam

Y Shi, DR Blackman, P Zhu, A Arefiev - High Power Laser Science …, 2022 - cambridge.org
A linearly polarized Laguerre–Gaussian (LP-LG) laser beam with a twist index has field
structure that fundamentally differs from the field structure of a conventional linearly …

Generation of attosecond electron bunches of tunable duration and density by relativistic vortex lasers in near-critical density plasma

WY Zhang, LX Hu, Y Cao, FQ Shao, TP Yu - Optics Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Attosecond electron bunches have wide application prospects in free-electron laser
injection, attosecond X/γ-ray generation, ultrafast physics, etc. Nowadays, there is one …

High-gradient modulation of microbunchings using a minimized system driven by a vortex laser

S Hao, Z Lv, H Dong, J He, N Huang, F Sun… - Chinese Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
This study entailed the development of a high-gradient modulation of microbunching for
traditional radiation frequency accelerators using a minimized system driven by a relativistic …

Electron injection and acceleration in a twisted laser driven by the light fan

X Tang, J Hao, Y Shi - High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2024 - cambridge.org
The longitudinal fields of a tightly focused Laguerre–Gaussian (LG) laser can be used to
accelerate electron pulse trains when it is reflected from a solid plasma. However, the …

Wakefield generation and particle acceleration in high-intensity laser plasma and beam-plasma interactions

AP Misra, A Holkundkar - Frontiers in Physics, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The plasma based particle acceleration mechanism has been recognized as one of the most
promising alternative acceleration schemes in recent years. In particular, hot topics have …

[PDF][PDF] Generation of Intense Second Harmonic Light From Aperture Targets

EFJ Bacon, M King, R Wilson, TP Frazer, EJ Dolier… - clf.stfc.ac.uk
The advances made in laser technology over the past 4 decades have led to significant
increases in the peak pulse intensity achievable [1], with multiple facilities able to produce …