• Matter and Radiation at Extremes
  • Vol. 8, Issue 2, 023001 (2023)
C. Riconda1 and S. Weber2,a)
Author Affiliations
  • 1LULI, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, École Polytechnique, CEA, 75252 Paris, France
  • 2Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, ELI Beamlines Facility, 25241 Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic
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    DOI: 10.1063/5.0138996 Cite this Article
    C. Riconda, S. Weber. Plasma optics: A perspective for high-power coherent light generation and manipulation[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2023, 8(2): 023001 Copy Citation Text show less
    Example of a very regular density grating generated by two crossing laser beams in a plasma. Reproduced with permission from Peng et al., Phys. Rev. Appl. 15, 054053 (2021). Copyright 2021 American Physical Society.22
    Fig. 1. Example of a very regular density grating generated by two crossing laser beams in a plasma. Reproduced with permission from Peng et al., Phys. Rev. Appl. 15, 054053 (2021). Copyright 2021 American Physical Society.22
    Proof-of-principle experiment for an ellipsoidal plasma mirror (EPM) used for re-focusing. Reproduced with permission from Nakatsutsumi et al., Opt. Lett. 35, 2134 (2010). Copyright 2010 Optical Society of America.9
    Fig. 2. Proof-of-principle experiment for an ellipsoidal plasma mirror (EPM) used for re-focusing. Reproduced with permission from Nakatsutsumi et al., Opt. Lett. 35, 2134 (2010). Copyright 2010 Optical Society of America.9
    Principle of plasma amplification. Result of a one-dimensional kinetic simulation. The intensity scale is in units of 1015 W/cm2. Courtesy of J.-R. Marquès.
    Fig. 3. Principle of plasma amplification. Result of a one-dimensional kinetic simulation. The intensity scale is in units of 1015 W/cm2. Courtesy of J.-R. Marquès.
    Plasma-optical elementaTime scaleIntensityDensitySetupExperiment
    Amplification SRSElectronWeak coupling<nc/4Multiple beamYes
    Amplification SBSIonStrong coupling<ncMultiple beamYes
    FEPGIonIonization<ncMultiple beamNo
    Beam combiningIonWeak coupling<ncMultiple beamYes
    Frequency-shiftIon/electronIonization/wave coupling<ncMultiple beamNo
    Plasma mirrorHydroIonization>ncSingle beamYes
    Polarization changeIonWeak/strong<ncMultiple beamPartially
    Spectral broadeningElectron/ionIonization/wave coupling<ncSingle/multiple beamNo
    Harmonic generationElectronIonizationncSingle beamPartially
    EPM focusingHydroIonization>ncMultiple beamYes
    HologramIonWeak/strongncMultiple beamNo
    GratingsElectron/ionWeak/strongncMultiple beamPartially
    Table 1. Categorization of various plasma-optical processes. nc denotes the critical plasma density. The notions of strong and weak coupling are discussed in Ref. 5 and references therein. The last column refers to proof-of-principle experiments in the context of high-power operation.
    C. Riconda, S. Weber. Plasma optics: A perspective for high-power coherent light generation and manipulation[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2023, 8(2): 023001
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