Interaction features of two ultra-intense laser pulses self-trapped in underdense plasmas
R. X. Bai,
C. T. Zhou,
T. W. Huang,
L. B. Ju,
S. Z. Wu,
H. Zhang,
M. Y. Yu,
B. Qiao,
S. C. Ruan,
X. T. He
Affiliations
R. X. Bai
HEDPS, Center for Applied Physics and Technology and School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China
C. T. Zhou
HEDPS, Center for Applied Physics and Technology and School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China
T. W. Huang
Center for Advanced Material Diagnostic Technology, College of Engineering Physics, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen 518118, People’s Republic of China
L. B. Ju
Center for Advanced Material Diagnostic Technology, College of Engineering Physics, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen 518118, People’s Republic of China
S. Z. Wu
Center for Advanced Material Diagnostic Technology, College of Engineering Physics, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen 518118, People’s Republic of China
H. Zhang
Center for Advanced Material Diagnostic Technology, College of Engineering Physics, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen 518118, People’s Republic of China
M. Y. Yu
Center for Advanced Material Diagnostic Technology, College of Engineering Physics, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen 518118, People’s Republic of China
B. Qiao
HEDPS, Center for Applied Physics and Technology and School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China
S. C. Ruan
Center for Advanced Material Diagnostic Technology, College of Engineering Physics, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen 518118, People’s Republic of China
X. T. He
HEDPS, Center for Applied Physics and Technology and School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China
The interaction of two parallel relativistic laser beams in underdense plasmas is investigated by considering the evolution of their wave envelopes. The energy transfer between the two lasers is given by an expression based on the evolution of the total laser power in a regime without beam mixing. It is shown that how the energy is transferred depends nonlinearly on the initial phase difference of the lasers, and the result of the interaction depends on the laser intensity, spot radius, and their separation distance. The results are verified by direct numerical solution of the relativistic nonlinear Schrödinger equations for the laser envelopes as well as particle-in-cell simulation. The study and results should be helpful for understanding the energy transfer behavior of multiple co-propagating laser beams in underdense plasmas.
