Within the framework of plane-wave angular spectrum analysis of the electromagnetic field structure, a solution valid for tightly focused radially polarized few-cycle laser pulses propagating in vacuum is presented. T...Within the framework of plane-wave angular spectrum analysis of the electromagnetic field structure, a solution valid for tightly focused radially polarized few-cycle laser pulses propagating in vacuum is presented. The resulting field distribution is significantly different from that based on the paraxial approximation for pulses with either small or large beam diameters. We compare the electron accelerations obtained with the two solutions and find that the energy gain obtained with our new solution is usually much larger than that with the paraxial approximation solution.展开更多
Recent experiments have observed magnetic reconnection in laser-produced high-energy-density(HED)plasma bubbles.We perform two-dimensional(2-D)particle-in-cell(PIC)simulations to investigate magnetic reconnection betw...Recent experiments have observed magnetic reconnection in laser-produced high-energy-density(HED)plasma bubbles.We perform two-dimensional(2-D)particle-in-cell(PIC)simulations to investigate magnetic reconnection between two approaching HED plasma bubbles.It is found that the expanding velocity of the bubbles has a great influence on the process of magnetic reconnection.When the expanding velocity is small,a single X line reconnection is formed.However,when the expanding velocity is sufficiently large,we can observe a plasmoid in the vicinity of the X line.At the same time,the structures of the electromagnetic field in HED plasma reconnection are similar to that in Harris current sheet reconnection.展开更多
We propose a new single-shot method for measuring terahertz pulses using a linearly chirped optical pulse interferogram.Modulated frequency domain phase information can be extracted by the interferogram recorded on im...We propose a new single-shot method for measuring terahertz pulses using a linearly chirped optical pulse interferogram.Modulated frequency domain phase information can be extracted by the interferogram recorded on imaging spectrographs.The terahertz pulse waveform is obtained from the phase information.We overcome the energy fluctuation problem by using the phase information,making a reference shot unnecessary and the terahertz detection more flexible and convincing.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.10734130,10935002,and 11075105)the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No.2009GB105002)
文摘Within the framework of plane-wave angular spectrum analysis of the electromagnetic field structure, a solution valid for tightly focused radially polarized few-cycle laser pulses propagating in vacuum is presented. The resulting field distribution is significantly different from that based on the paraxial approximation for pulses with either small or large beam diameters. We compare the electron accelerations obtained with the two solutions and find that the energy gain obtained with our new solution is usually much larger than that with the paraxial approximation solution.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 11220101002,41174124,41274144 and 41121003the Key Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-01)+1 种基金the National Basic Research Program of China(2012CB825602)the Ocean Public Welfare Scientific Research Project,State Oceanic Administration of China(No 201005017).
文摘Recent experiments have observed magnetic reconnection in laser-produced high-energy-density(HED)plasma bubbles.We perform two-dimensional(2-D)particle-in-cell(PIC)simulations to investigate magnetic reconnection between two approaching HED plasma bubbles.It is found that the expanding velocity of the bubbles has a great influence on the process of magnetic reconnection.When the expanding velocity is small,a single X line reconnection is formed.However,when the expanding velocity is sufficiently large,we can observe a plasmoid in the vicinity of the X line.At the same time,the structures of the electromagnetic field in HED plasma reconnection are similar to that in Harris current sheet reconnection.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 10925421 and 10734130.
文摘We propose a new single-shot method for measuring terahertz pulses using a linearly chirped optical pulse interferogram.Modulated frequency domain phase information can be extracted by the interferogram recorded on imaging spectrographs.The terahertz pulse waveform is obtained from the phase information.We overcome the energy fluctuation problem by using the phase information,making a reference shot unnecessary and the terahertz detection more flexible and convincing.
