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Advances in laser-plasma interactions using intense vortex laser beams
Yin Shi, Xiaomei Zhang, Alexey Arefiev +1
Low-intensity light beams carrying Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM), commonly known as vortex beams, have garnered significant attention due to promising applications in areas rangin…
Efficient generation of axial magnetic field by multiple laser beams with twisted pointing directions
Yin Shi, Alexey Arefiev, Jue Xuan Hao +1
Strong laser-driven magnetic fields are crucial for high-energy-density physics and laboratory astrophysics research, but generation of axial multi-kT fields remains a challenge. T…
Generating axial magnetic fields via two plasmon decay driven by a twisted laser
Yu Ji, Chang-Wang Lian, Yin Shi +4
We propose a new way of axial magnetic fields generation in a non-relativistic laser intensity regime by using a twisted light carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) to stimulate…
Twisted plasma waves driven by twisted ponderomotive force
Yin Shi, D. R. Blackman, R. J. Kingham +1
We present results of twisted plasma waves driven by twisted ponderomotive force. With beating of two, co-propagating, Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) orbital angular momentum (OAM) laser p…
Electron pulse train accelerated by a linearly polarized Laguerre-Gaussian laser beam
Yin Shi, David R Blackman, Ping Zhu +1
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 line…
Electron Acceleration Using Twisted Laser Wavefronts
Yin Shi, David Blackman, Alexey Arefiev
Using plasma mirror injection we demonstrate, both analytically and numerically, that a circularly polarized helical laser pulse can accelerate highly collimated dense bunches of e…
Generation of ultra-relativistic monoenergetic electron bunches via a synergistic interaction of longitudinal electric and magnetic fields of a twisted laser
Yin Shi, David Blackman, Dan Stutman +1
We use 3D simulations to demonstrate that high-quality ultra-relativistic electron bunches can be generated upon reflection of a twisted laser beam off a plasma mirror. The unique…
Magnetic field amplification in a laser-irradiated thin foil by return current electrons carrying orbital angular momentum
Y. Shi, K. Weichman, R. J. Kingham +1
Magnetized high energy density physics offers new opportunities for observing magnetic field-related physics for the first time in the laser-plasma context. We focus on one such ph…
Generation of Gamma-ray Beam with Orbital Angular Momentum in the QED Regime
Chen Liu, Baifei Shen, Xiaomei Zhang +8
We propose a scheme to generate gamma-ray photons with an orbital angular momentum (OAM) and high energy simultaneously from laser-plasma interactions by irradiating a circularly p…
Generation of Ultra-intense Gamma-ray Train by QED Harmonics
Chen Liu, Baifei Shen, Xiaomei Zhang +10
When laser intensity exceeds 10^22W/cm^2, photons with energy above MeV can be generated from high-order harmonics process in the laser-plasma interaction. We find that under such…
Generation of Intense High-Order Vortex Harmonics
Xiaomei Zhang, Baifei Shen, Yin Shi +6
This paper presents the method for the first time to generate intense high-order optical vortices that carry orbital angular momentum in the extreme ultraviolet region. In three-di…
Proton Acceleration in Underdense Plasma by Ultraintense Laguerre-Gaussian Laser Pulse
Xiaomei Zhang, Baifei Shen, Lingang Zhang +5
Three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation is used to investigate the witness proton acceleration in underdense plasma with a short intense Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) laser pulse. D…
Light fan driven by relativistic laser pulse
Yin Shi, Baifei Shen, Lingang Zhang +3
When a relativistic laser pulse with high photon density interacts with a specially tailored thin foil target, a strong torque is exerted on the resulting spiral-shaped foil plasma…
Hollow screw like drill in plasma using an intense Laguerre Gaussian laser
Wenpeng Wang, Baifei Shen, Xiaomei Zhang +3
With the development of ultra intense laser technology, MeV ions from the laser foil interaction have been obtained by different mechanisms, such as target normal sheath accelerati…
High quality electron bunch generation with CO2-laser plasma accelerator
L. G. Zhang, B. F. Shen, J. C. Xu +9
CO2 laser-driven electron acceleration is demonstrated with particle-in-cell simulation in low-density plasma. An intense CO2 laser pulse with long wavelength excites wakefield. Th…
Positron acceleration in a hollow plasma channel up to TeV regime
Longqing Yi, Baifei Shen, Liangliang Ji +8
We propose a plasma-based high-energy lepton accelerator, in which a weakly focusing plasma structure is formed near the beam axis. The structure preserves the emittance of the acc…
Scheme for proton-driven plasma-wakefield acceleration of positively charged particles in a hollow plasma channel
Longqing Yi, Baifei Shen, Konstantin Lotov +11
A new scheme for accelerating positively charged particles in a plasma wakefield accelerator is proposed. If the proton drive beam propagates in a hollow plasma channel, and the be…