Intra-cycle depolarization of ultraintense laser pulses focused by off-axis parabolic mirrors

Year: 2018

Authors: Labate L., Vantaggiato G., Gizzi LA.

Autors Affiliation: Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, largo B. Pontecorvo 3, 56127 Pisa, Italy

Abstract: A study of the structure of the electric and magnetic fields of ultraintense laser pulses focused by an off-axis parabolic mirror is reported. At first, a theoretical model is laid out, whose final equations integration allows the space and time structure of the fields to be retrieved. The model is then employed to investigate the field patterns at different times within the optical cycle, for off-axis parabola parameters normally employed in the context of ultraintense laser-plasma interaction experiments. The results show that nontrivial, complex electromagnetic field patterns are observed at the time at which the electric and magnetic fields are supposed to vanish. The importance of this effect is then studied for different laser polarizations, f numbers and off-axis angles.

Journal/Review: HIGH POWER LASER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Volume: 6      Pages from: e32-1  to: e32-8

More Information: We acknowledge support from the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme through the project ’EuPRAXIA’ (grant agreement No. 653782), from the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) through the PRIN project ’Preclinical Tool for Advanced Translational Research with Ultrashort and Ultraintense x-ray Pulses’ (prot. 20154F48P9) and from the MIUR through the research network funding ELI-Italy (’Attoseconds’).
KeyWords: laser-driven particle acceleration; laser focusing; off-axis parabolic mirrors; ultrashort laser pulses
DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2018.27

Citations: 6
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