High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 35, Issue 1, 012006(2023)

Research progress of X/γ photon emission in laser-plasma interaction

Yu Lu1, Hao Zhang1, Liangqi Zhang1,2, Yuqing Wei1, Qianni Li1, Rong Sha1, Fuqiu Shao1, and Tongpu Yu1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 2School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
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    (a) Spatial distributions of the plasma wake (green iso-surfaces), the injected electron beam (red points), the electric fields of the drive and injection lasers (blue-red-orange-green iso-surfaces) at t = 825 fs. (b) Momentum distribution of the accelerated electrons at the ionization time of t = 132 fs[37]
    Schematic of the two-stage scheme[39]
    Schematic of an intense laser striking a target combined with bulk solid density targets and transparent channel[46]
    Schematic diagram of quasi-monoenergetic γ-rays generation by twisted lasers in near critical density (NCD) plasma[57]
    Schematic view of an intense linearly polarized laser striking a near-critical-density plasmas filled Al cone[58]
    (a) 3D evolutions of electrons and protons at t1 =17.5T0,t2 = 20T0,t3 = 22.5T0,t4 = 25T0. (b) Projections of proton density distributions in the x-y plane and transverse electrical fields Ey in the x-z plane[67]
    Schematic diagram of ultra-bright γ-ray emission by counter-propagating lasers irradiating two diamondlike carbon (DLC) foils[75]
    Schematic of γ-ray vortex generation from a laser-illuminated light-fan-in-channel target[81]
    Schematic of the attosecond pulses generation from the interaction between a two-color (ω0, 2ω0) circularly-polarized laser and a dense plasma target[89]
    • Table 1. Comparison of different X/γ-ray sources from several typical schemes based-on laser-plasma interaction

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      Table 1. Comparison of different X/γ-ray sources from several typical schemes based-on laser-plasma interaction

      schemeslaser intensity/ (W·cm−2) cut-off photon energy/MeV efficiency/%divergence angle/(°) peak brilliance*reference
      mediummechanismlaser model
      * (photons·s−1·mm−2·mrad−2·(0.1%bw)−1);** (vortex γ-rays)
      gas plasma betatronGaussian +Gaussian 1×1018 @2 μm, 0.004~0.321019 @500 eV [37]
      2×1019@0.4 μm
      Gaussian4.9×10213000>10~0.34×1026 @1 MeV [39]
      NCD plasma betatron-likeGaussian5×1020700.03~35[41]
      Gaussian8.6×1022300013~111026 @1 MeV [48]
      LG(0,1)5×10225001.8~6(>100 MeV)1024 @1 MeV [49]
      ComptonLG(0,1) +Gaussian 9.7×1022150017~158.04×1025 @13 MeV [57]
      3×1022
      Gaussian3×102315001.4~222×1024 @58 MeV [59]
      5.3×1021402~401.1×1023 @1 MeV [61]
      solid plasma synchrotronGaussian3×10200.010.012~53.7×1022 @100% [64]
      Gaussian2.3×10200.040.001~0.01~21023[65]
      betatron-likeGaussian4.3×102150010~11.2×1027 @5 MeV [69]
      ComptonGaussian +Gaussian 1.1×102330002~5.71.2×1025 @15 MeV [75]
      1.1×1023
      LG(0,1)4.3×1021340.51~11~1023 @1 MeV [79]
      Gaussian**1.4×1022781.2~9~1022 @1 MeV [81]
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    Yu Lu, Hao Zhang, Liangqi Zhang, Yuqing Wei, Qianni Li, Rong Sha, Fuqiu Shao, Tongpu Yu. Research progress of X/γ photon emission in laser-plasma interaction[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2023, 35(1): 012006

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    Category: Strong Field Quantum Electrodynamics Excited by Super Intense Laser Pulse

    Received: Jun. 30, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Feb. 10, 2023

    The Author Email: Yu Tongpu (tongpu@nudt.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202335.220222

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