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Generation of Intense High-Order Vortex Harmonics
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-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation, both the
reflected and transmitted light beams include high-order harmonics of the
Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) mode when a linearly polarized LG laser pulse impinges
on a solid foil. The mode of the generated LG harmonic scales with its order,
in good agreement with our theoretical analysis. The intensity of the generated
high-order vortex harmonics is close to the relativistic region, and the pulse
duration can be in attosecond scale. The obtained intense vortex beam possesses
the combined properties of fine transversal structure due to the high-order
mode and the fine longitudinal structure due to the short wavelength of the
high-order harmonics. Thus, the obtained intense vortex beam may have
extraordinarily promising applications for high-capacity quantum information
and for high-resolution detection in both spatial and temporal scales because
of the addition of a new degree of freedom
Proton Acceleration in Underdense Plasma by Ultraintense Laguerre-Gaussian Laser Pulse
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. Driven by the LG10 laser pulse, a special
bubble with an electron pillar on the axis is formed, in which protons can be
well-confined by the generated transversal focusing field and accelerated by
the longitudinal wakefield. The risk of scattering prior to acceleration with a
Gaussian laser pulse in underdense plasma is avoided, and protons are
accelerated stably to much higher energy. In simulation, a proton beam has been
accelerated to 7 GeV from 1 GeV in underdense tritium plasma driven by a
2.14x1022 W/cm2 LG10 laser pulse