An ultra-high gain and efficient amplifier based on Raman amplification in plasma

G. Vieux; S. Cipiccia; D. W. Grant; N. Lemos; P. Grant; C. Ciocarlan; B. Ersfeld; M. S. Hur; P. Lepipas; G. G. Manahan; G. Raj; D. Reboredo Gil; A. Subiel; G. H. Welsh; S. M. Wiggins; S. R. Yoffe; J. P. Farmer; C. Aniculaesei; E. Brunetti; X. Yang; R. Heathcote; G. Nersisyan; C. L. S. Lewis; A. Pukhov; J. M. Dias; D. A. Jaroszynski

doi:10.1038/s41598-017-01783-4

An ultra-high gain and efficient amplifier based on Raman amplification in plasma

G. Vieux, S. Cipiccia, D. W. Grant, N. Lemos, P. Grant, C. Ciocarlan, B. Ersfeld, M. S. Hur, P. Lepipas, G. G. Manahan, G. Raj, D. Reboredo Gil, A. Subiel, G. H. Welsh, S. M. Wiggins, S. R. Yoffe, J. P. Farmer, C. Aniculaesei, E. Brunetti, X. YangR. Heathcote, G. Nersisyan, C. L. S. Lewis, A. Pukhov, J. M. Dias, D. A. Jaroszynski

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Abstract

Raman amplification arising from the excitation of a density echelon in plasma could lead to amplifiers that significantly exceed current power limits of conventional laser media. Here we show that 1–100 J pump pulses can amplify picojoule seed pulses to nearly joule level. The extremely high gain also leads to significant amplification of backscattered radiation from "noise", arising from stochastic plasma fluctuations that competes with externally injected seed pulses, which are amplified to similar levels at the highest pump energies. The pump energy is scattered into the seed at an oblique angle with 14 J sr⁻¹, and net gains of more than eight orders of magnitude. The maximum gain coefficient, of 180 cm⁻¹, exceeds high-power solid-state amplifying media by orders of magnitude. The observation of a minimum of 640 J sr⁻¹ directly backscattered from noise, corresponding to ≈10% of the pump energy in the observation solid angle, implies potential overall efficiencies greater than
10%.

Original language	English
Article number	2399
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Number of pages	10
Journal	Scientific Reports
Volume	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01783-4
Publication status	Published - 25 May 2017

Keywords

Raman amplification
laser plasma interaction
density echelon
backscattered radiation
low intensity seed pulses
pump intensities

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Jaroszynski, D., Boyd, M., Brunetti, E., Ersfeld, B., Hidding, B., McKenna, P., Noble, A., Sheng, Z., Vieux, G., Welsh, G. H. & Wiggins, M.
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/04/16 → 31/03/21
Project: Research
Laserlab-Europe IV (H2020 INFRA IA)
Jaroszynski, D., Hidding, B., McKenna, P. & Sheng, Z.
European Commission - Horizon 2020
1/12/15 → 30/11/19
Project: Research
Critical Mass: Collective radiation-beam-plasma interactions at high intensities
Jaroszynski, D., Bingham, R., Boyd, M., Ledingham, K., McKenna, P. & Wiggins, M.
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
19/04/12 → 18/01/16
Project: Research

Raman experimental campaigns 2012 and 2013
Vieux, G. (Creator), Cipiccia, S. (Creator), Grant, D. W. (Creator), Lemos, N. R. C. (Creator), Grant, P. A. (Creator), Ciocarlan, C. (Creator), Ersfeld, B. (Contributor), Hur, M. (Contributor), Lepipas, P. (Contributor), Manahan, G. (Creator), Raj, G. (Contributor), Reboredo Gil, D. (Creator), Subiel, A. (Creator), Welsh, G. (Creator), Wiggins, M. (Creator), Yoffe, S. (Contributor), Farmer, J. P. (Contributor), Aniculaesei, C. (Contributor), Brunetti, E. (Contributor), Yang, X. (Contributor), Heathcote, R. (Contributor), Nersisyan, G. (Contributor), Lewis, C. L. S. (Contributor), Pukhov, A. (Contributor), Dias, J. M. (Creator) & Jaroszynski, D. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 11 Apr 2017
DOI: 10.15129/2fd625bf-2d54-4514-a664-04876145f6a8
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University Of Strathclyde
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A laser amplifier based on Raman amplification in plasma
Gregory Vieux (Speaker)
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Laser amplifier based on Raman amplification in plasma
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Vieux, G., Cipiccia, S., Grant, D. W., Lemos, N., Grant, P., Ciocarlan, C., Ersfeld, B., Hur, M. S., Lepipas, P., Manahan, G. G., Raj, G., Reboredo Gil, D., Subiel, A., Welsh, G. H., Wiggins, S. M., Yoffe, S. R., Farmer, J. P., Aniculaesei, C., Brunetti, E., ... Jaroszynski, D. A. (2017). An ultra-high gain and efficient amplifier based on Raman amplification in plasma. Scientific Reports, 7, 1-10. [2399]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01783-4

Vieux, G. ; Cipiccia, S. ; Grant, D. W. ; Lemos, N. ; Grant, P. ; Ciocarlan, C. ; Ersfeld, B. ; Hur, M. S. ; Lepipas, P. ; Manahan, G. G. ; Raj, G. ; Reboredo Gil, D. ; Subiel, A. ; Welsh, G. H. ; Wiggins, S. M. ; Yoffe, S. R. ; Farmer, J. P. ; Aniculaesei, C. ; Brunetti, E. ; Yang, X. ; Heathcote, R. ; Nersisyan, G. ; Lewis, C. L. S. ; Pukhov, A. ; Dias, J. M. ; Jaroszynski, D. A. / An ultra-high gain and efficient amplifier based on Raman amplification in plasma. In: Scientific Reports. 2017 ; Vol. 7. pp. 1-10.

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