We review a number of instruments employed in a high-intensity J-KAREN-P laser-solid interaction experiment and discuss the applicability of the diagnostics to the best target position determination with a ~10 μm accuracy, while the focal spot size was ~1 μm and peak intensity was up to 7×1021 W/cm2. We discuss both front- and back-side diagnostics, some of them operated in the infrared, visible and ultraviolet ranges, while others in the extreme ultraviolet, soft X-ray and gamma-ray ranges. We found that the applicability of some of the instruments to the best at-focus target position determination depends on the thickness of the target.
Using quantum electrodynamics particle-in-cell simulations, we optimize the gamma flare (γ-flare)
generation scheme from interaction of high power petawatt-class laser pulse with tailored cryogenic
hydrogen target having extended preplasma corona. We show that it is possible to generate an
energetic flare of photons with energies in the GeV range and total flare energy being on a kilojoule
level with an efficient conversion of the laser pulse energy to γ-photons. We discuss how the target
engineering and laser pulse parameters influence the γ-flare generation efficiency. This type of
experimental setup for laser-based γ source would be feasible for the upcoming high power laser
facilities. Applications of high intensity γ ray beams are also discussed.
The paper on this research project is submitted to Physics of Plasmas and available at arXiv:1809.09594
Capillary discharge is a convenient tool for creation of stable quiet plasma that could be used in experiments devoted to interaction of high intensity laser beams with plasma. This talk will be devoted to review of different applications of this capillary discharge plasma in such kind of experiments as well as to methods of simulation of such plasma.
Due to specific features of its steady state, such plasma can form an optical wave guide for distant enough transportation of intense laser beams that is used in laser accelerators of multi-GeV electrons. Balance between Ohmic heating and thermal conduction cooling provides not so sharp refraction index profile in the wave guides. To diminish spot size of matched laser beam in comparison of capillary radius the plasma near the capillary axis could be heated additionally by nanosecond laser beam, transported in the wave guide in self consistently manner. This aim generates a rather complicated optic-plasma-dynamic problem. Approaches to solutions of this problem will be considered.
Discharges in curved capillaries could be used in multi-stage laser accelerators of electrons for merging and separating of electron and laser beams. Theory of plasma steady state in such curved capillaries as well as its guiding properties will be briefly considered also.
Capillary discharge due to existence of magnetic field formed by electric current through the discharge can be used as an active plasma lens. Such magnetic lenses can be used for compression and transportation of electron beams accelerated with laser electron accelerators. Main properties of such active plasma lenses will be considered in the talk also.
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