Low-intensity light beams carrying orbital angular momentum(OAM),commonly known as vortex beams,have garnered significant attention due to promising applications in areas ranging from optical trapping to communication...Low-intensity light beams carrying orbital angular momentum(OAM),commonly known as vortex beams,have garnered significant attention due to promising applications in areas ranging from optical trapping to communication.In recent years,there has been a surge in global research exploring the potential of high-intensity vortex laser beams and specifically their interactions with plasmas.This paper provides a comprehensive review of recent advances in this area.Compared with conventional laser beams,intense vortex beams exhibit unique properties such as twisted phase fronts,OAM delivery,hollow intensity distribution,and spatially isolated longitudinal fields.These distinct characteristics give rise to a multitude of rich phenomena,profoundly influencing laser-plasma interactions and offering diverse applications.The paper also discusses future prospects and identifies promising general research areas involving vortex beams.These areas include low-divergence particle acceleration,instability suppression,high-energy photon delivery with OAM,and the generation of strong magnetic fields.With growing scientific interest and application potential,the study of intense vortex lasers is poised for rapid development in the coming years.展开更多
In this paper we survey recent progress in symplectic algorithms for use in quantum systems in the following topics:Symplectic schemes for solving Hamiltonian systems;Classical trajectories of diatomic systems,model m...In this paper we survey recent progress in symplectic algorithms for use in quantum systems in the following topics:Symplectic schemes for solving Hamiltonian systems;Classical trajectories of diatomic systems,model molecule A2B,Hydrogen ion H+2 and elementary atmospheric reaction N(4S)+O2(X 3Σ−g)→NO(X 2Π)+O(3P)calculated by means of Runge-Kutta methods and symplectic methods;the classical dissociation of the HF molecule and classical dynamics of H+2 in an intense laser field;the symplectic form and symplectic-scheme shooting method for the time-independent Schr¨odinger equation;the computation of continuum eigenfunction of the Schr¨odinger equation;asymptotic boundary conditions for solving the time-dependent Schr¨odinger equation of an atom in an intense laser field;symplectic discretization based on asymptotic boundary condition and the numerical eigenfunction expansion;and applications in computing multi-photon ionization,above-threshold ionization,Rabbi oscillation and high-order harmonic generation of laser-atom interaction.展开更多
Photodissociation of cyclopentanone (C5H8O) and cyclohexanone (C6H10O) was studied with 800nm, 50fs laser pulse at intensities of 5.0 - 13.0x10(13) W/cm(2). A time of flight mass spectrometer was employed to detect th...Photodissociation of cyclopentanone (C5H8O) and cyclohexanone (C6H10O) was studied with 800nm, 50fs laser pulse at intensities of 5.0 - 13.0x10(13) W/cm(2). A time of flight mass spectrometer was employed to detect the ion signals. Parent ions dominated at lower laser intensities. Fragmentation of the parent ions increases with increasing laser intensity and molecular size. The fragmentation mechanism was discussed.展开更多
Thanks to a rapid progress of high-power lasers since the birth of laser by T.H.Maiman in 1960,intense lasers have been developed mainly for studying the scientific feasibility of laser fusion.Inertial confinement fus...Thanks to a rapid progress of high-power lasers since the birth of laser by T.H.Maiman in 1960,intense lasers have been developed mainly for studying the scientific feasibility of laser fusion.Inertial confinement fusion with an intense laser has attracted attention as a new future energy source after two oil crises in the 1970s and 1980s.From the beginning,the most challenging physics is known to be the hydrodynamic instability to realize the spherical implosion to achieve more than 1000 times the solid density.Many studies have been performed theoretically and experimentally on the hydrodynamic instability and resultant turbulent mixing of compressible fluids.During such activities in the laboratory,the explosion of supernova SN1987A was observed in the sky on 23 February 1987.The X-ray satellites have revealed that the hydrodynamic instability is a key issue to understand the physics of supernova explosion.After collaboration between laser plasma researchers and astrophysicists,the laboratory astrophysics with intense lasers was proposed and promoted around the end of the 1990s.The original subject was mainly related to hydrodynamic instabilities.However,after two decades of laboratory astrophysics research,we can now find a diversity of research topics.It has been demonstrated theoretically and experimentally that a variety of nonlinear physics of collisionless plasmas can be studied in laser ablation plasmas in the last decade.In the present paper,we shed light on the recent 10 topics studied intensively in laboratory experiments.A brief review is given by citing recent papers.Then,modeling cosmic-ray acceleration with lasers is reviewed in a following session as a special topic to be the future main topic in laboratory astrophysics research.展开更多
Comprehension of photon-triggered molecular processes is essential in the study of various important topics in physics,chemistry,and biology.Here we propose a correlated tunneling picture to understand the dissociativ...Comprehension of photon-triggered molecular processes is essential in the study of various important topics in physics,chemistry,and biology.Here we propose a correlated tunneling picture to understand the dissociative ionization process of molecules in intense laser fields based on a quantum model developed in the framework of many-body S-matrix theory including nuclear vibrational motion.In this quantum correlation picture,the single ionization of H_(2)and the subsequent electron-ion recollisioninduced dissociation are considered as an entangled correlated process.It enables us to attribute the interference pattern in the joint-energy spectra to combined effects of single-slit diffraction and multi-slit interference of correlated electron-nuclear wave packets in the time domain.Our work opens a new avenue to understanding molecular dissociative ionization processes in external fields.展开更多
Broadband and energetic terahertz （THz） pulses can be remotely generated in air through filamentation. We review such THz generation and detection in femtosecond Ti-sapphire laser induced remote filaments. New resul...Broadband and energetic terahertz （THz） pulses can be remotely generated in air through filamentation. We review such THz generation and detection in femtosecond Ti-sapphire laser induced remote filaments. New results are presented on the direct relationship between THz generation in a two color filament and induced N2 fluorescence through population trapping during molecular alignment and revival in air. This further supports the new technique of remote THz detection in air through the sensitive measurement of N2 fluorescence.展开更多
High-order harmonic generation(HHG) of Ar atom in an elliptically polarized intense laser field is experimentally investigated in this work.Interestingly,the anomalous ellipticity dependence on the laser ellipticity(...High-order harmonic generation(HHG) of Ar atom in an elliptically polarized intense laser field is experimentally investigated in this work.Interestingly,the anomalous ellipticity dependence on the laser ellipticity(ε) in the lower-order harmonics is observed,specifically in the 13rd-order,which displays a maximal harmonic intensity at ε ≈ 0.1,rather than at ε = 0 as expected.This contradicts the general trend of harmonic yield,which typically decreases with the increase of laser ellipticity.In this study,we attribute this phenomenon to the disruption of the symmetry of the wave function by the Coulomb effect,leading to the generation of a harmonic with high ellipticity.This finding provides valuable insights into the behavior of elliptically polarized harmonics and opens up a potential way for exploring new applications in ultrafast spectroscopy and light–matter interactions.展开更多
A supercontinuum white laser with ultrabroad bandwidth,intense pulse energy,and high spectral flatness can be accomplished via synergic action of third-order nonlinearity(3rd-NL)and second-order nonlinearity.In this w...A supercontinuum white laser with ultrabroad bandwidth,intense pulse energy,and high spectral flatness can be accomplished via synergic action of third-order nonlinearity(3rd-NL)and second-order nonlinearity.In this work,we employ an intense Ti:sapphire femtosecond laser with a pulse duration of 50 fs and pulse energy up to 4 mJ to ignite the supercontinuum white laser.Remarkably,we use water instead of the usual solid materials as the 3rd-NL medium exhibiting both strong self-phase modulation and stimulated Raman scattering effect to create a supercontinuum laser with significantly broadened bandwidth and avoid laser damage and destruction.Then the supercontinuum laser is injected into a water-embedded chirped periodically poled lithium niobate crystal that enables broadband and high-efficiency second-harmonic generation.The output white laser has a 10 dB bandwidth encompassing 413 to 907 nm,more than one octave,and a pulse energy of 0.6 mJ.This methodology would open up an efficient route to creating a long-lived,high-stability,and inexpensive white laser with intense pulse energy,high spectral flatness,and ultrabroad bandwidth for application to various areas of basic science and high technology.展开更多
1 Introduction The phenomena of laser-induced spall in metals have been reported in only a few papers, and most work was concentrated on aluminum and copper. Since the pulse intense laser can generate ultra-high strai...1 Introduction The phenomena of laser-induced spall in metals have been reported in only a few papers, and most work was concentrated on aluminum and copper. Since the pulse intense laser can generate ultra-high strain rates more than 10<sup>7</sup> s<sup>-1</sup>, it becomes almost the unique means in laboratories for investigation of fracture behavior and mechanisms of materials under such extreme conditions. In this note, the preliminary results of spall展开更多
基金the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12322513)the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11935008)+3 种基金USTC Research Funds of the Double First-Class InitiativeCAS Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research(Grant No.YSBR060)Newton International Fellowshipssupported by the US DOE Office of Fusion Energy Sciences(Grant No.DE-SC0023423)。
文摘Low-intensity light beams carrying orbital angular momentum(OAM),commonly known as vortex beams,have garnered significant attention due to promising applications in areas ranging from optical trapping to communication.In recent years,there has been a surge in global research exploring the potential of high-intensity vortex laser beams and specifically their interactions with plasmas.This paper provides a comprehensive review of recent advances in this area.Compared with conventional laser beams,intense vortex beams exhibit unique properties such as twisted phase fronts,OAM delivery,hollow intensity distribution,and spatially isolated longitudinal fields.These distinct characteristics give rise to a multitude of rich phenomena,profoundly influencing laser-plasma interactions and offering diverse applications.The paper also discusses future prospects and identifies promising general research areas involving vortex beams.These areas include low-divergence particle acceleration,instability suppression,high-energy photon delivery with OAM,and the generation of strong magnetic fields.With growing scientific interest and application potential,the study of intense vortex lasers is poised for rapid development in the coming years.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(#10574057,#10571074,and#10171039)by the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education(#20050183010).
文摘In this paper we survey recent progress in symplectic algorithms for use in quantum systems in the following topics:Symplectic schemes for solving Hamiltonian systems;Classical trajectories of diatomic systems,model molecule A2B,Hydrogen ion H+2 and elementary atmospheric reaction N(4S)+O2(X 3Σ−g)→NO(X 2Π)+O(3P)calculated by means of Runge-Kutta methods and symplectic methods;the classical dissociation of the HF molecule and classical dynamics of H+2 in an intense laser field;the symplectic form and symplectic-scheme shooting method for the time-independent Schr¨odinger equation;the computation of continuum eigenfunction of the Schr¨odinger equation;asymptotic boundary conditions for solving the time-dependent Schr¨odinger equation of an atom in an intense laser field;symplectic discretization based on asymptotic boundary condition and the numerical eigenfunction expansion;and applications in computing multi-photon ionization,above-threshold ionization,Rabbi oscillation and high-order harmonic generation of laser-atom interaction.
文摘Photodissociation of cyclopentanone (C5H8O) and cyclohexanone (C6H10O) was studied with 800nm, 50fs laser pulse at intensities of 5.0 - 13.0x10(13) W/cm(2). A time of flight mass spectrometer was employed to detect the ion signals. Parent ions dominated at lower laser intensities. Fragmentation of the parent ions increases with increasing laser intensity and molecular size. The fragmentation mechanism was discussed.
基金supported by the JSPS KAKENHI under Grant Nos.19K21865,19H00668,and 20KK0064。
文摘Thanks to a rapid progress of high-power lasers since the birth of laser by T.H.Maiman in 1960,intense lasers have been developed mainly for studying the scientific feasibility of laser fusion.Inertial confinement fusion with an intense laser has attracted attention as a new future energy source after two oil crises in the 1970s and 1980s.From the beginning,the most challenging physics is known to be the hydrodynamic instability to realize the spherical implosion to achieve more than 1000 times the solid density.Many studies have been performed theoretically and experimentally on the hydrodynamic instability and resultant turbulent mixing of compressible fluids.During such activities in the laboratory,the explosion of supernova SN1987A was observed in the sky on 23 February 1987.The X-ray satellites have revealed that the hydrodynamic instability is a key issue to understand the physics of supernova explosion.After collaboration between laser plasma researchers and astrophysicists,the laboratory astrophysics with intense lasers was proposed and promoted around the end of the 1990s.The original subject was mainly related to hydrodynamic instabilities.However,after two decades of laboratory astrophysics research,we can now find a diversity of research topics.It has been demonstrated theoretically and experimentally that a variety of nonlinear physics of collisionless plasmas can be studied in laser ablation plasmas in the last decade.In the present paper,we shed light on the recent 10 topics studied intensively in laboratory experiments.A brief review is given by citing recent papers.Then,modeling cosmic-ray acceleration with lasers is reviewed in a following session as a special topic to be the future main topic in laboratory astrophysics research.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2019YFA0307700)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12274273,12304379,11925405+2 种基金12304304)the Innovation Program for Quantum Science and Technology(Grant No.2021ZD0302101)the Natural and Science Foundation of Top Talent of SZTU(Grant No.GDRC202202)。
文摘Comprehension of photon-triggered molecular processes is essential in the study of various important topics in physics,chemistry,and biology.Here we propose a correlated tunneling picture to understand the dissociative ionization process of molecules in intense laser fields based on a quantum model developed in the framework of many-body S-matrix theory including nuclear vibrational motion.In this quantum correlation picture,the single ionization of H_(2)and the subsequent electron-ion recollisioninduced dissociation are considered as an entangled correlated process.It enables us to attribute the interference pattern in the joint-energy spectra to combined effects of single-slit diffraction and multi-slit interference of correlated electron-nuclear wave packets in the time domain.Our work opens a new avenue to understanding molecular dissociative ionization processes in external fields.
基金supported in part by NSERC,Canada Research Chair,the Canada Foundation for Innovation,the Canadian Institute for Photonics Innovation,and leFonds Québécois pour la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies
文摘Broadband and energetic terahertz （THz） pulses can be remotely generated in air through filamentation. We review such THz generation and detection in femtosecond Ti-sapphire laser induced remote filaments. New results are presented on the direct relationship between THz generation in a two color filament and induced N2 fluorescence through population trapping during molecular alignment and revival in air. This further supports the new technique of remote THz detection in air through the sensitive measurement of N2 fluorescence.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.92250306,11974137,and 12304302)the National Key Program for Science and Technology Research and Development of China(Grant No.2019YFA0307700)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province,China(Grant Nos.YDZJ202101ZYTS157 and YDZJ202201ZYTS314)the Scientific Research Foundation of the Education Department of Jilin Province,China(Grant No.JJKH20230283KJ)。
文摘High-order harmonic generation(HHG) of Ar atom in an elliptically polarized intense laser field is experimentally investigated in this work.Interestingly,the anomalous ellipticity dependence on the laser ellipticity(ε) in the lower-order harmonics is observed,specifically in the 13rd-order,which displays a maximal harmonic intensity at ε ≈ 0.1,rather than at ε = 0 as expected.This contradicts the general trend of harmonic yield,which typically decreases with the increase of laser ellipticity.In this study,we attribute this phenomenon to the disruption of the symmetry of the wave function by the Coulomb effect,leading to the generation of a harmonic with high ellipticity.This finding provides valuable insights into the behavior of elliptically polarized harmonics and opens up a potential way for exploring new applications in ultrafast spectroscopy and light–matter interactions.
基金supported by the Science and Technology Project of Guangdong (Grant No.2020B010190001)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.11974119)+1 种基金the Guangdong Innovative and Entrepreneurial Research Team Program (Grant No.2016ZT06C594)the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No.2018YFA 0306200).
文摘A supercontinuum white laser with ultrabroad bandwidth,intense pulse energy,and high spectral flatness can be accomplished via synergic action of third-order nonlinearity(3rd-NL)and second-order nonlinearity.In this work,we employ an intense Ti:sapphire femtosecond laser with a pulse duration of 50 fs and pulse energy up to 4 mJ to ignite the supercontinuum white laser.Remarkably,we use water instead of the usual solid materials as the 3rd-NL medium exhibiting both strong self-phase modulation and stimulated Raman scattering effect to create a supercontinuum laser with significantly broadened bandwidth and avoid laser damage and destruction.Then the supercontinuum laser is injected into a water-embedded chirped periodically poled lithium niobate crystal that enables broadband and high-efficiency second-harmonic generation.The output white laser has a 10 dB bandwidth encompassing 413 to 907 nm,more than one octave,and a pulse energy of 0.6 mJ.This methodology would open up an efficient route to creating a long-lived,high-stability,and inexpensive white laser with intense pulse energy,high spectral flatness,and ultrabroad bandwidth for application to various areas of basic science and high technology.
基金Project supported by the Laser Technology Area, the National High Technology Project.
文摘1 Introduction The phenomena of laser-induced spall in metals have been reported in only a few papers, and most work was concentrated on aluminum and copper. Since the pulse intense laser can generate ultra-high strain rates more than 10<sup>7</sup> s<sup>-1</sup>, it becomes almost the unique means in laboratories for investigation of fracture behavior and mechanisms of materials under such extreme conditions. In this note, the preliminary results of spall
