We demonstrate that charged particles in a sufficiently intense standing wave are compressed towa... more We demonstrate that charged particles in a sufficiently intense standing wave are compressed toward, and oscillate synchronously at, the antinodes of the electric field. We call this unusual behavior anomalous radiative trapping (ART). We show using dipole pulses, which offer a path to increased laser intensity, that ART opens up new possibilities for the generation of radiation and particle beams, both of which are high energy, directed, and collimated. ART also provides a mechanism for particle control in high-intensity quantum-electrodynamics experiments.
A short review of the Russian mega-science project XCELS
and scientific problems to be solved are ... more A short review of the Russian mega-science project XCELS and scientific problems to be solved are presented. We discuss the origin of multi-beam design to attain the highest field magnitude at optimal focusing. Then, we formulate particular physical problems of fundamental interest that can be solved within this project.
Spectrochimica Acta Part A-molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy - SPECTROCHIM ACTA PT A-MOL BIO, 2001
The relativistic nonlinear optics is a fundamentally new optical regime, where the product of the... more The relativistic nonlinear optics is a fundamentally new optical regime, where the product of the laser intensity times the square of the wavelength exceeds ~1018 (W/cm2)μm2. In the last few years, laser-matter interaction at relativistic laser intensity has been studied extensively, which lead to the demonstration of many new phenomena such as relativistic self-focusing, nonlinear Thomson scattering and MeV particle acceleration. These experiments, however, were done with low-repetition-rate/single-shot lasers. In a previous paper, we demonstrated for the first time that relativistic intensity pulses could be generated at 1 kHz repetition rate. In this paper, we showed that 1019W/cm2 can be produced with a high repetition rate laser, which is much more stable and compact than the low repetition rate lasers
We demonstrate that charged particles in a sufficiently intense standing wave are compressed towa... more We demonstrate that charged particles in a sufficiently intense standing wave are compressed toward, and oscillate synchronously at, the antinodes of the electric field. We call this unusual behavior anomalous radiative trapping (ART). We show using dipole pulses, which offer a path to increased laser intensity, that ART opens up new possibilities for the generation of radiation and particle beams, both of which are high energy, directed, and collimated. ART also provides a mechanism for particle control in high-intensity quantum-electrodynamics experiments.
A short review of the Russian mega-science project XCELS
and scientific problems to be solved are ... more A short review of the Russian mega-science project XCELS and scientific problems to be solved are presented. We discuss the origin of multi-beam design to attain the highest field magnitude at optimal focusing. Then, we formulate particular physical problems of fundamental interest that can be solved within this project.
Spectrochimica Acta Part A-molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy - SPECTROCHIM ACTA PT A-MOL BIO, 2001
The relativistic nonlinear optics is a fundamentally new optical regime, where the product of the... more The relativistic nonlinear optics is a fundamentally new optical regime, where the product of the laser intensity times the square of the wavelength exceeds ~1018 (W/cm2)μm2. In the last few years, laser-matter interaction at relativistic laser intensity has been studied extensively, which lead to the demonstration of many new phenomena such as relativistic self-focusing, nonlinear Thomson scattering and MeV particle acceleration. These experiments, however, were done with low-repetition-rate/single-shot lasers. In a previous paper, we demonstrated for the first time that relativistic intensity pulses could be generated at 1 kHz repetition rate. In this paper, we showed that 1019W/cm2 can be produced with a high repetition rate laser, which is much more stable and compact than the low repetition rate lasers
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energy, directed, and collimated. ART also provides a mechanism for particle control in high-intensity quantum-electrodynamics experiments.
and scientific problems to be solved are presented. We discuss the origin of multi-beam design to attain the highest field magnitude at optimal focusing. Then, we formulate particular physical problems of fundamental interest that can be solved within this project.
energy, directed, and collimated. ART also provides a mechanism for particle control in high-intensity quantum-electrodynamics experiments.
and scientific problems to be solved are presented. We discuss the origin of multi-beam design to attain the highest field magnitude at optimal focusing. Then, we formulate particular physical problems of fundamental interest that can be solved within this project.