Physics of Laser Sources of Short-Wavelength Radiation

Course guarantor:

Jaroslav Nejdl

Lecturer:

Jaroslav Nejdl

Tutor:

Jaroslav Nejdl

Supervisor:

Department of Laser Physics and Photonics

Synopsis:

Students will deepin their knowledge of physical principles of interaction of intense laser beams with matter with a stress on generation of secondary sources of short-wavelength radiation and selected applications of these sources. After definition of basic quantities and description of interaction of bound electron with low frequency field, the principles of high-order harmonic generation and generation of single attosecund pulseswill be explained followed by plasma-based x-ray lasers and radiation from hot plasma. Next block of lectures will focus on methods of generation hard x-rays from relativistic laser beams and selected interdisciplinary applications of these secondary sources.

Requirements:

The level of the class expects knowledge of basic course of university mathematics and physics and basics of plasma physics and X-ray photonics.

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Means of generation and mathematical description of intense laser fields.

2. Interaction of an atom with low-frequency electromagnetic field

3. Particularity of laser plasma

4. High-order harmonic generation and generation of single attosecond pulses

5. Radiation of hot plasmas

6. Plasma-based x-ray lasers

7. Laser wake-field electron acceleration

8. Synchrotron radiation

9. Radiation from laser-generated relativistic electron beams

10. Interdisciplinary application of intense lasers and secondary sources of radiation and particles

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Student will get closely familiar with physics principles of advanced laser-based sources of short-wavelength radiation.

Students will deepen the abilities to apply theoretial knowledge of mathematics and physics in complex problems concerning generation of secondary sources of short-wavelength radiation.

Study materials:

Recommended references:

[1] P. Gibbon: Short Pulse Laser Interactions With Matter: An Introduction, Imperial College Press 2005.

[2] Z. Chang: Fundamentals of Attosecond Optics, CRC Press 2011.

[3] F. Krausz and M. Ivanov, Attosecond physics, Reviews of Modern Physics 81, 2009.

[4] D. Attwood: X-Rays and Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation: Principles and Applications 2nd. Ed., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2017.

[5] P. Jaeglé: Coherent Sources of XUV Radiation: Soft X-Ray Lasers and High-Order Harmonic Generation, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York 2006.

[6] I. H. Hutchinson: Principles of Plasma Diagnostics. Cambridge University Press 2002.

[7] E. Esarey, C. B. Schroeder, and W. P. Leemans, Physics of laser-driven plasma-based electron accelerators, Rev. Mod. Phys. 81, p. 1229 (2009).

[8] E. L. Saldin, E. A. Schneidmiller, M. V. Yurkov: The Physics of Free Electron Lasers, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York 2000.

[9] S. Corde et al., Femtosecond X-rays from Laser-Plasma Accelerators, Rev. Mod. Phys. 85, p. 1 (2013).

Note:

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