Fast efficient photon deceleration in plasmas by using two laser pulses at different frequencies

Y. X. Wang; X. L. Zhu; S. M. Weng; P. Li; X. F. Li; H. Ai; H. R. Pan; Z. M. Sheng

doi:10.1063/5.0189638

Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 9, Issue 3, 037201(2024)

Fast efficient photon deceleration in plasmas by using two laser pulses at different frequencies

Y. X. Wang^1,2, X. L. Zhu^1,2,5, S. M. Weng^1,2、a), P. Li³, X. F. Li⁴, H. Ai^1,2, H. R. Pan^1,2, and Z. M. Sheng^1,2,5

¹Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MoE), School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

²Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

³Research Center of Laser Fusion of China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, SiChuan 621900, China

⁴State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

⁵Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

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Received: Nov. 30, 2023

Accepted: Jan. 28, 2024

Published Online: Jul. 2, 2024

The Author Email: S. M. Weng (wengsuming@sjtu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1063/5.0189638

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