Dynamics of relativistic transparency and optical shuttering in expanding overdense plasmas

S Palaniyappan, BM Hegelich, HC Wu, D Jung… - Nature Physics, 2012 - nature.com
Overdense plasmas are usually opaque to laser light. However, when the light is of sufficient
intensity to drive electrons in the plasma to near light speeds, the plasma becomes …

Cascaded generation of isolated sub-10 attosecond half-cycle pulses

Y Shou, R Hu, Z Gong, J Yu, J erh Chen… - New Journal of …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Sub-10 attosecond pulses (APs) with half-cycle electric fields provide exceptional
options to detect and manipulate electrons in the atomic timescale. However, the availability …

Relativistic critical density increase and relaxation and high‐power pulse propagation

SM Weng, P Mulser, ZM Sheng - Physics of Plasmas, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
High‐power laser pulse propagation in an overdense plasma due to the relativistic critical
density increase has been investigated in one dimension. In a first step the conditions for the …

Enhanced target normal sheath acceleration based on the laser relativistic self-focusing

DB Zou, HB Zhuo, XH Yang, FQ Shao, YY Ma… - Physics of …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The enhanced target normal sheath acceleration of ions in laser target interaction via the
laser relativistic self-focusing effect is investigated by theoretical analysis and particle-in-cell …

Ultra-intense single attosecond pulse generated from circularly polarized laser interacting with overdense plasma

L Ji, B Shen, X Zhang, M Wen, C **a, W Wang… - Physics of …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
Few-cycle relativistic circularly polarized (CP) laser pulse reflected from overdense plasma
is investigated by analysis and particle-in-cell simulations. It is found that through the laser …

Relativistic Single-Cycled Short-Wavelength Laser Pulse Compressed<? format?> from a Chirped Pulse Induced by Laser-Foil Interaction

LL Ji, BF Shen, DX Li, D Wang, YX Leng, XM Zhang… - Physical review …, 2010 - APS
By particle-in-cell simulation and analysis, we propose a plasma approach to generate a
relativistic chirped pulse based on a laser-foil interaction. When two counterpropagating …

Breather-like penetration of ultrashort linearly polarized laser into over-dense plasmas

D Wu, CY Zheng, XQ Yan, MY Yu, XT He - Physics of Plasmas, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
The penetration of an ultrashort laser pulse into an overdense plasma in the relativistic
transparency regime is reexamined. The interaction is governed by the Maxwell and …

Plasma-based generation and control of a single few-cycle high-energy ultrahigh-intensity laser pulse

M Tamburini, A Di Piazza, TV Liseykina, CH Keitel - Physical Review Letters, 2014 - APS
A laser-boosted relativistic solid-density paraboloidal foil is known to efficiently reflect and
focus a counterpropagating laser pulse. Here we show that in the case of an ultrarelativistic …

Moving electron density gratings induced in the beat-wave field of two counterpropagating laser pulses

HY Chen, Y Yin, CL Tian, H Xu, YY Ma, HB Zhuo… - Physics of …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
The production and physical characteristics of moving electron density gratings (MEDGs)
are investigated by analytical model and particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. When the …

Generating nearly single-cycle pulses with increased intensity and strongly asymmetric pulses of petawatt level

I Nam, VV Kulagin, MS Hur, IW Lee, H Suk - Physical Review E—Statistical …, 2012 - APS
Generation of petawatt-class pulses with a nearly single-cycle duration or with a strongly
asymmetric longitudinal profile using a thin plasma layer are investigated via particle-in-cell …