In the present study, by using one dimensional PIC simulation, we investigate the radiation reaction (RR) effects on the plasma behaviors and self-consistent laser evolutions during the interaction of ultra-high intensity lasers (I~1022-1023 W/cm2) with near critical plasmas (one tenth to few times of the critical density). The results show that RR force has significant effects on the induced plasma disturbance and self-consistent laser evolutions. Generally, at higher intensities (~1023 W/cm2), introducing the RR effects leads to enhanced delivered electromagnetic energy to the plasma. This energy is either used to increase the mechanical energy of the plasma disturbance (increasing the effective absorption) or compensation of the radiation energy loss by ultra-violate photon emissions. At lower intensities (~1022 W/cm2), RR phenomenon mostly acts as a damping friction force, and reduces the effective absorption and the plasma wave amplitude. Though the friction effect of the RR force is conceptually well known, the observed enhanced absorption at higher intensities is a complex and anomalous nonlinear phenomenon. In addition, the presence of RR force introduces structural differences in the plasma disturbance and whence the absorption saturation. Here, along with reporting these phenomena as well as comparisons between the classical and quantum frameworks, their possible descriptions have been presented.
Highlights
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4. V. Yanovsky, et al., Ultra-high intensity-300-TW laser at 0.1 Hz repetition rate, Opt. Express 16, 2109 (2008).
5. Extreme Light Infrastructure European Project, www.eli‑laser.eu.
8. M. Pishdast, J. Yazdanpanah, High-energy photon emission and radiation reaction effects in the ultra-high intensity laser bubble regime, Physica Scripta. 94, (2019).
9. J. Koga, et al., Nonlinear Thomson scattering in the strong radiation damping regime.Physics of Plasmas, 12, 093106 (2005).
10. F. Niel, et al. From quantum to classical modeling of radiation reaction: a focus on the radiation spectrum, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion. 60, 094002 (9pp) (2018).
11. M. Tamburini, et al. Radiation reaction effects on radiation pressure acceleration,New J. Phys. 12, 123005 (2010).
12. T. Blackburn, et al. Quantum radiation reaction in laser-electron-beam collisions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 015001 (2014).
13. J.L. Martins, et al, Modelling radiation emission in the transition from the classical to the quantum regime,Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion. 58, 014035 (2016).
14. W. Yitong, et al. Effects of radiation reaction on laser proton acceleration in the bubble regime, Physics of Plasmas. 25, 093101 (2018).
15. E. Wallin, et. al, Ultra intense laser pulses in near-critical underdense plasmas-radiation reaction and energy partitioning, J. Plasma Phys. 83, 905830208 (2017).
16. L.L. Ji, et al, Radiation-Reaction Trapping of Electrons in Extreme Laser Fields, Physical Review Letters. 112, 145003 (2014).
17. X.L. Zhu, et al. Enhanced electron trapping and γ ray emission by ultra-intense laser irradiating a near-critical-density plasma filled gold cone, New J. Phys. 17, 053039 (2015).
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20. F. Niel, et.al, From quantum to classical modeling of radiation reaction: A focus on stochasticity effects, Physical Review E. 97, 043209 (2018).
21. A.D. Piazza, et al. Extremely high-intensity laser interactions with fundamental quantum systems, Rev. Mod. Phys. 84, 1177 (2012).
22. C.P. Ridgers, Modelling gamma-ray photon emission and pair production in high-intensity laser–matter interactions, Journal of Computational Physics. 260, 273–285 (2014).
23. R. Duclous, J.G. Kirk, A.R. Bell, Monte Carlo calculations of pair production in high-intensity laser–plasma interactions, Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion. 53, 015009 (2011).
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25. T.D. Arber, et al. Contemporary particle-in-cell approach to laser-plasma modeling, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion. 57, 113001 (26pp) (2015).
27. J. Derouillat, et al. SMILEI: a collaborative, open-source, multi-purpose particle-in-cell code for plasma simulation, Comput. Phys. Commun. 222, 351-373 (2018).
28. C.P. Ridgers, Signatures of quantum effects on radiation reaction in laser–electron-beam collisions,J. Plasma Phys. 83, 715830502 (2017).
29. T.G. Blackburn, Radiation reaction in electron–beam interactions with high‑intensity lasers, Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics. 4, 1-37 (2020).
30. O. Jansen, T. Tuckmantel, A. Pukhov, Scaling electron acceleration in the bubble regime for upcoming lasers, Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics. 223, 1017–1030 (2014).
31. J. Yazdanpanah, Nonlinear evolutions of an ultra-intense ultra-short laser pulse in a rarefied plasma through a new quasi-static theory, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion. 60, 025014 (2018).
32. J. Yazdanpanah, Self modulation and scattering instability of a relativistic short laser pulse in an underdense plasma, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion. 61, 085021 (2019).
Hosseinkhani,H. , Pishdast,M. , Yazdanpanah,J. and Ghasemi,S. (2021). Investigation of the classical and quantum radiation reaction effect
on interaction of ultra high power laser with near critical plasma. Journal of Nuclear Science, Engineering and Technology (JONSAT), 42(2), 27-35. doi: 10.24200/nst.2021.1197
MLA
Hosseinkhani,H. , Pishdast,M. , Yazdanpanah,J. , and Ghasemi,S. . "Investigation of the classical and quantum radiation reaction effect
on interaction of ultra high power laser with near critical plasma", Journal of Nuclear Science, Engineering and Technology (JONSAT), 42, 2, 2021, 27-35. doi: 10.24200/nst.2021.1197
HARVARD
Hosseinkhani,H.,Pishdast,M.,Yazdanpanah,J.,Ghasemi,S. (2021). 'Investigation of the classical and quantum radiation reaction effect
on interaction of ultra high power laser with near critical plasma', Journal of Nuclear Science, Engineering and Technology (JONSAT), 42(2), pp. 27-35. doi: 10.24200/nst.2021.1197
CHICAGO
H. Hosseinkhani, M. Pishdast, J. Yazdanpanah and S. Ghasemi, "Investigation of the classical and quantum radiation reaction effect
on interaction of ultra high power laser with near critical plasma," Journal of Nuclear Science, Engineering and Technology (JONSAT), 42 2 (2021): 27-35, doi: 10.24200/nst.2021.1197
VANCOUVER
Hosseinkhani,H.,Pishdast,M.,Yazdanpanah,J.,Ghasemi,S. Investigation of the classical and quantum radiation reaction effect
on interaction of ultra high power laser with near critical plasma. Journal of Nuclear Science, Engineering and Technology (JONSAT), 2021; 42(2): 27-35. doi: 10.24200/nst.2021.1197
