Investigations into the volume plasma density grating waveplate

Holt, George K. and Vieux, Gregory and Ersfeld, Bernhard and Yoffe, Samuel R. and Feehan, James and Brunetti, Enrico and Hur, Min Sup and Jaroszynski, Dino A. (2021) Investigations into the volume plasma density grating waveplate. Proceedings of SPIE, 11778. 117780M. ISSN 0277-786X (https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2595298)

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Abstract

Volume density gratings produced by degenerate, counterpropagating laser pulses in plasma have several useful optical properties. Here we report on one of these in an investigation into creation of a transient plasma density grating that functions as a waveplate.

ORCID iDs

Holt, George K., Vieux, Gregory ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4040-4117, Ersfeld, Bernhard ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5597-9429, Yoffe, Samuel R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6723-4990, Feehan, James, Brunetti, Enrico ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8302-9762, Hur, Min Sup and Jaroszynski, Dino A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3006-5492;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:76476
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    14 May 2021
    Published
    18 April 2021
    Published Online
    1 February 2021
    Accepted
    Keywords:plasma optics, high-intensity laser-plasma interactions, particle-in-cell simulations, plasma gratings, plasma, waveplate, polarisation of light, EPOCH, Cirrus, ARCHER2, Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:18 May 2021 10:38
    Last modified:25 May 2022 08:37
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/76476
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