中国物理B ›› 2010, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (7): 78701-078701.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/19/7/078701

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Quasistatic magnetic fields generated by a nonrelativistic intense laser pulse in uniform underdense plasma

张蕾1, 董全力1, 王首钧1, 盛政明2, 张杰2   

  1. (1)Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics, Beijing 100190, China; (2)Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics, Beijing 100190, China;Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 修回日期:2009-12-17 出版日期:2010-07-15 发布日期:2010-07-15
  • 基金资助:
    Project jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60621063, 60678007, and 10774184), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KJCX2-YW-T01), and the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB815101).

Quasistatic magnetic fields generated by a nonrelativistic intense laser pulse in uniform underdense plasma

Zhang Lei(张蕾)a), Dong Quan-Li(董全力)a)†, Wang Shou-Jun(王首钧)a), Sheng Zheng-Ming(盛政明)a)b), and Zhang Jie(张杰)a)b)   

  1. a Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics, Beijing 100190, China; b Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • Revised:2009-12-17 Online:2010-07-15 Published:2010-07-15
  • Supported by:
    Project jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60621063, 60678007, and 10774184), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KJCX2-YW-T01), and the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB815101).

摘要: Quasistatic magnetic fields generated by nonrelativistic intense linearly polarized (LP) and circularly polarized (CP) laser pulses in an initially uniform underdense plasma in the collision-dominated limit are investigated analytically. Using a selfconsistent analytical model, we perform a detailed derivation of quasistatic magnetic fields in the laser pulse envelope in the collision-dominated limit to obtain exact analytical expressions for magnetic fields and discuss the dependence of magnetic fields on laser and plasma parameters. Equations for quasistatic magnetic fields including both axial component Bz and the azimuthal one Bθ are derived simultaneously from such a selfconsistent model. The dependence of quasistatic magnetic field on incident laser intensity, transverse focused radius of laser pulse, electron density and electron temperature is discussed.

Abstract: Quasistatic magnetic fields generated by nonrelativistic intense linearly polarized (LP) and circularly polarized (CP) laser pulses in an initially uniform underdense plasma in the collision-dominated limit are investigated analytically. Using a selfconsistent analytical model, we perform a detailed derivation of quasistatic magnetic fields in the laser pulse envelope in the collision-dominated limit to obtain exact analytical expressions for magnetic fields and discuss the dependence of magnetic fields on laser and plasma parameters. Equations for quasistatic magnetic fields including both axial component Bz and the azimuthal one B$\theta$ are derived simultaneously from such a selfconsistent model. The dependence of quasistatic magnetic field on incident laser intensity, transverse focused radius of laser pulse, electron density and electron temperature is discussed.

Key words: quasistatic magnetic field, laser, plasma

中图分类号:  (Plasma production and heating by laser beams (laser-foil, laser-cluster, etc.))

  • 52.50.Jm
52.38.-r (Laser-plasma interactions)