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Coherent Subcycle Optical Shock from a Superluminal Plasma Wake

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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
卷 131, 期 14, 页码 -

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AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.145003

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This study proposes a method to achieve coherent Cherenkov radiation using superluminal plasma wake. Through simulations and theoretical modeling, it is shown that this radiation has ultra-short duration, high intensity, and excellent directionality. Furthermore, the central frequency of the radiation can be easily tuned over a wide range.
We propose exploiting the superluminal plasma wake for coherent Cherenkov radiation by injecting a relativistic electron beam (REB) into a plasma with a slowly varying density up-ramp. Using three-dimensional particle-in-cell and far-field time-domain radiation simulations, we show that an isolated subcycle pulse is coherently emitted towards the Cherenkov angle by bubble-sheath electrons successively at the rear of the REB-induced superluminal plasma wake. A theoretical model based on a superluminal current dipole has been developed to interpret such coherent radiation, and agrees well with the simulation results. This radiation has ultrashort attosecond-scale duration and high intensity, and exhibits excellent directionality with ultralow angular divergence and stable carrier envelope phase. Its intensity increases with the square of the propagation length and its central frequency can be easily tuned over a wide range, from the far infrared to the ultraviolet.

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