Relativistic plasma mirrors: scaling in the relativistic transparency regime
We discuss a method for generating ultra-high intensity electromagnetic fields based on laser pulse compression, carrier frequency up-conversion, and focusing by a relativistically moving plasma mirror in the relativistic transparency regime of the irradiated plasma target. We show that using two intensified head-on-colliding electromagnetic pulses paves the way to the development of a source of coherent hard X-rays of extremely high intensity, which may allow us to reach the critical field of quantum electrodynamics (the Sauter-Schwinger limit) using powerful lasers.
Authors
- Petr Valenta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1067-3762)
- Marcel Lamač (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9218-6073)
- S. V. Bulanov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8305-0289)
- M. Kando (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9821-6779)
- S. S. Bulanov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9861-9391)
- A. S. Pirozhkov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6183-1383)
- Tae Moon Jeong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7206-2401)
- T. Zh. Esirkepov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9027-0703)
- J. Nejdl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0864-8592)
- Gabriele Maria Grittani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4394-854X)
- Martin Matys (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6215-4246)
- Alexander J. MacLeod (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0800-4423)
- Martin Jirka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4457-4471)
Institutions
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
- Extreme Light Infrastructure Beamlines (CZ)
- National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (JP)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-06-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3056515
- Primary Topic
- Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00