Nonlinear plasmonics: second-harmonic generation and multiphoton photoluminescence

J Wang, L Zhang, M Qiu - PhotoniX, 2023 - Springer
The study on the nonlinear optical responses arising from plasmonic nanoantennas, known
as nonlinear plasmonics, has been massively investigated in recent years. Among the most …

Key plasma parameters for resonant backward Raman amplification in plasma

VM Malkin, NJ Fisch - The European Physical Journal Special Topics, 2014 - Springer
Backward Raman amplification and compression in plasma enables pulse compression to
intensities not available using material gratings. In order to achieve the highest intensities …

Simulations of efficient Raman amplification into the multipetawatt regime

R Trines, F Fiuza, R Bingham, RA Fonseca, LO Silva… - Nature Physics, 2011 - nature.com
Contemporary high-power laser systems make use of solid-state laser technology to reach
petawatt pulse powers. The breakdown threshold for optical components in these systems …

Exawatt-Zettawatt pulse generation and applications

GA Mourou, NJ Fisch, VM Malkin, Z Toroker… - Optics …, 2012 - Elsevier
A new amplification method, weaving the three basic compression techniques, Chirped
Pulse Amplification (CPA), Optical Parametric Chirped Pulse Amplification (OPCPA) and …

Ultra-powerful compact amplifiers for short laser pulses

VM Malkin, G Shvets, NJ Fisch - Physics of Plasmas, 2000 - pubs.aip.org
Laser energies and powers, significantly much higher than available now through the most
advanced chirped pulse amplifiers, might be achieved in much smaller devices. The working …

Short light pulse amplification and compression by stimulated Brillouin scattering in plasmas in the strong coupling regime

AA Andreev, C Riconda, VT Tikhonchuk… - Physics of plasmas, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
Short light pulse amplification using the stimulated Brillouin backscattering mechanism is
considered. The novel feature is that the interaction process takes place in the strongly …

Amplification of ultrashort laser pulses by Brillouin backscattering in plasmas

S Weber, C Riconda, L Lancia, JR Marques… - Physical review …, 2013 - APS
Plasma media, by exciting Raman (electron) or Brillouin (ion) waves, have been used to
transfer energy from moderately long, high-energy light pulses to short ones. Using …

Raman amplification with a flying focus

D Turnbull, S Bucht, A Davies, D Haberberger… - Physical Review Letters, 2018 - APS
We propose a new laser amplifier scheme utilizing stimulated Raman scattering in plasma in
conjunction with a “flying focus”—a chromatic focusing system combined with a chirped …

[HTML][HTML] RF plugging of multi-mirror machines

T Miller, I Be'ery, E Gudinetsky, I Barth - Physics of Plasmas, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
One of the main challenges of fusion reactors based on magnetic mirrors is the axial particle
loss through the loss cones. In multi-mirror (MM) systems, the particle loss is addressed by …

Experimental evidence of short light pulse amplification using strong-coupling stimulated Brillouin scattering in the pump depletion regime

L Lancia, JR Marques, M Nakatsutsumi, C Riconda… - Physical review …, 2010 - APS
The energy transfer from a long (3.5 ps) pump pulse to a short (400 fs) seed pulse due to
stimulated Brillouin backscattering in the strong-coupling regime is investigated. The two …