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 …

Momentum, angular momentum, and spin of waves in an isotropic collisionless plasma

KY Bliokh, YP Bliokh - Physical Review E, 2022 - APS
We examine the momentum and angular momentum (including spin) properties of linear
waves, both longitudinal (Langmuir) and transverse (electromagnetic), in an isotropic …

Quantum mechanical approach to plasma waves with helical wavefront

O Ishihara - Physics of Plasmas, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Plasma waves with helical wavefront are studied theoretically from the quantum mechanical
viewpoint and are shown to produce a spinning motion of a charged macroparticle in a …

[HTML][HTML] Kinetic phenomena of helical plasma waves with orbital angular momentum

DR Blackman, R Nuter, P Korneev, A Arefiev… - Physics of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
An accurate description of plasma waves is fundamental for the understanding of many
plasma phenomena. It is possible to twist plasma waves such that, in addition to having …

Nonlinear Landau damping of plasma waves with orbital angular momentum

DR Blackman, R Nuter, P Korneev, VT Tikhonchuk - Physical Review E, 2020 - APS
We present, using three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations, an observation that orbital
angular momentum (OAM) is transferred to resonant electrons proportionally to longitudinal …

Numerical study of momentum and energy transfer in the interaction of a laser pulse carrying orbital angular momentum with electrons

VT Tikhonchuk, P Korneev, E Dmitriev… - High Energy Density …, 2020 - Elsevier
Electromagnetic waves, in addition to the energy and momentum, can also carry an orbital
angular momentum (OAM). Transfer of these quantities from laser to particles may find …

Electron acceleration from transparent targets irradiated by ultra-intense helical laser beams

DR Blackman, Y Shi, SR Klein, M Cernaianu… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
The concept of electron acceleration by a laser beam in vacuum is attractive due to its
seeming simplicity, but its implementation has been elusive, as it requires efficient electron …

Generating axial magnetic fields via two plasmon decay driven by a twisted laser

Y Ji, CW Lian, Y Shi, R Yan, S Cao, C Ren… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
We propose an efficient way of axial magnetic fields generation in a nonrelativistic laser
intensity regime by using a twisted light carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) to …

Study of particle acceleration by Laguerre–Gaussian ultra intense laser plasma interactions

O Culfa, S Sagir, I Satilmis - Plasma Physics and Controlled …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work, simulations of multi-petawatt lasers in the range of∼ 0.2 PW–∼ 100 PW with
varying Laguerre–Gaussian (LG) azimuthal modes as well as linearly polarized (LP) and …

[HTML][HTML] Propagation of twisted laser carrying orbital angular momentum in magnetized plasma

S Bhaskar, HK Malik - Physics of Plasmas, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The propagation of electromagnetic beams carrying orbital angular momentum l is
investigated in a cold collisionless plasma where a static magnetic field is applied in the …