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1 I with Part VIII I with Solids 214 / 273

2 vs. long pulse is I with Traditional i physics (ICF ns lasers): heating and creation of long scale-length plasmas Laser reflected at critical density surface Fast (kev) particles produced at high intensities (10 16 Wcm 2 ) Femtosecond pulses Pulse length < ion motion (hydrodynamic) timescale Huge intensity range 10 7 No single i model possible 215 / 273

3 Typical i : I. Creation of critical surface I with Field ionization over the first few laser cycles rapidly creates a surface plasma layer with a density many times the critical density n c. ω 2 = 4πe2 n c m, (135) where e and m are the electron charge and mass respectively. In practical units: ( ) λ n c cm 3. (136) µm 216 / 273

4 I : II. degree I with Example: aluminium has 3 valence electrons; 6 more can be created for a few hundred ev. The electron density is given by: n e = Z n i = Z N A ρ A. (137) ive ion charge: Z = 9 atomic number: A = 26 Avogadro number: N A = mass density: ρ = ρ solid = 1.9 g cm 3 electron density: n e = cm 3 density contrast (1 µm): n e /n c = / 273

5 I : III. Heating I with Target is heated via electron-ion collisions to 10s or 100s of ev depending on the laser intensity. The plasma pressure created during heating causes ion blow-off (ablation) at the sound speed: c s = ( Z k B T e m i ) 1/2 ( ) 1/2 ( ) Te Z 1/2 cm s 1, (138) kev A where k B is the Boltzmann constant, T e the electron temperature and m i the ion mass. 218 / 273

6 I : IV. Expansion I with Because of ion ablation, density profile formed is exponential with scale-length: L = c s τ L ( ) 1/2 ( ) Te Z 1/2 3 τ fså. (139) kev A Eg: 100 fs Ti:sapphire pulse heats the target to a few hundred ev plasma with scale-length L/λ= (cf: for ICF plasmas). 219 / 273

7 Why is ionization important? I with For multi-electron atoms, ionization degree, Z, needed for basic plasma properties like the electron density, equation of state, transport coefficients. 1 High density, optically thick plasmas: radiative and absorptive processes balanced local thermal equilibrium (LTE) reached. 2 s: optically thin plasmas (radiation escapes!), which span many orders of magnitude in density and temperature all at once. 220 / 273

8 Local thermal equilibrium (LTE) I with Relative ion populations related by the Saha-Boltzmann equation: n e n Z+1 = g Z+1 2m 3 n Z g Z h 3 ( ) 3/2 2πTe exp( E Z /T e ), (140) m where n Z, n Z+1 are the ion densities corresponding to ionization states Z and Z + 1; g Z, g Z+1 are the respective statistical weights of these levels (taking electron degeneracy into account), and E Z is the energy difference between the two states. This equation is subject to the constraints: nz = n 0 ; ZnZ = n e. (141) 221 / 273

9 Transient plasmas (non-lte) I with Typical situation for short (< 1ps) pulses. Need time-dependent atomic rate in order to determine the charge distribution: dn Z = n e n Z 1 S(Z 1) n e n Z [S(Z) + α(z)] + n e n Z+1 α(z + 1), dt (142) where S(Z) and α(z) are the ionization and recombination rates of the ion with charge state Z, respectively. Recombination rate generally comprises a number of separate processes, such as radiative recombination, 3-body collisional recombination and dielectronic recombination. Highly complex procedure for high Z thousands of transitions. 222 / 273

10 absorption I with Distinguish long/short pulse regimes via density scale-length L/λ: Long pulse (ps ns) L/λ 1 (eg ). Laser light mainly absorbed in underdense region via inverse bremsstrahlung. Sub-picosecond timescale, low intensities (I < Wcm 2 ) L/λ 0.1: standard IB formula invalid. Less room for absorption, but higher densities higher collision rates., high intensities: nonlinear collisionless absorption cf. metal optics 223 / 273

11 absorption: I with Standard method for electromagnetic wave propagation in an inhomogeneous plasma see books by Ginzburg, Kruer. Start from Maxwell s with small field amplitudes and a non-relativistic fluid response including collisional damping: m v t = e(e + v c B) mν eiv, (143) where ν ei is the electron-ion collision frequency. Physically arises from binary collisions, resulting in a frictional drag on the electron motion. 224 / 273

12 Electron-ion collisional frequency Spitzer-Härm I with Collision rate: ν ei = 4(2π)1/2 3 n e Ze 4 m 2 vte 3 ln Λ Zn e T 3/2 e ln Λ s 1. (144) Z = number of free electrons per atom n e = electron density in cm 3 T e = temperature in ev ln Λ is the Coulomb logarithm, with usual limits, b min and b max, of the electron-ion scattering cross-section. 225 / 273

13 Electron-ion collisional frequency: Coulomb logarithm I with Limits are determined by the classical distance of closest approach and the Debye length respectively, so that: where and Λ = b max = λ D. k BT e b min Ze 2 λ D = = 9N D Z, (145) ( ) 1/2 kb T e 4πn e e 2 = v te, (146) ω p N D = 4π 3 λ3 Dn e is the number of particles in a Debye sphere. 226 / 273

14 Wave I with The relevant EM wave for E and B are obtained in the usual way by taking the curl of the Faraday and Ampère (60, 61) respectively, to give: 2 E 1 2 E c 2 t 2 = 4π J c 2 + ( E), (147) t 2 B 1 2 B c 2 t 2 = 4π J. (148) c The right-hand sides of each equation represent the source terms of the EM waves in the plasma. 227 / 273

15 Linearized wave I with Assume that all field and fluid quantities have a harmonic time-dependence exp( iωt), where ω is the laser frequency: f (x, t) = f 0 (x) + f 1 (x)e iωt + f 2 (x)e 2iωt +..., which results in the following simplifications: iω t n e n o + n 1 J en 0 v 1 (E + v B) E / 273

16 Ohm s Law I with Inserting these approximations into the Lorentz equation (143) allows us to solve for v 1, namely: v 1 = i ω + iν ei ee 1 m. This immediately gives us the induced plasma current where σ e, the AC electrical conductivity, is J 1 = en o v 1 = σ e E 1, (149) σ e = iω 2 p 4πω(1 + i ν). (150) Note ν = ν ei /ω. 229 / 273

17 General wave equation I with Substituting expression (149) for J 1 into the RHS of the wave equation (147) for E 1 gives us a general expression for the electric field: 2 E 1 + ω2 c 2 E 1 = ω2 p E 1 c i ν + ( E 1). (151) 230 / 273

18 Dispersion relation I with For a planar, transverse EM wave propagating in a uniform plasma we have ik, and E 1 perpendicular to k, so that E 1 = 0. In this limit we recover the standard linear dispersion relation: k 2 + ω2 c 2 ( 1 ω 2 p ω 2 (1 + i ν) ) = 0. (152) 231 / 273

19 Dielectric constant I with From this we identify the dielectric constant of the propagation medium ε k2 c 2 ωp 2 ω 2 = 1 ω 2 (1 + i ν) = 1 + 4πiσ e ω. Can be readily generalized to a non-uniform plasma by allowing permittivity ε(x) to vary in space. 232 / 273

20 One-dimensional density gradient I with Consider plasma density with a gradient in one direction, so that ε(x) n 2 (x) = 1 n 0(x)/n c (1 + i ν(x)), (153) where n(x) is the local refractive index, n 0 the equilibrium electron density and n c the critical density of the EM wave. 233 / 273

21 Simplified wave equation: S-polarization I with y s pol. E B θ k x n e(x) n c n cos c 2 θ Figure: Geometry of plane-wave incident on a plasma density profile for s-polarized light (E-field in the z-direction). 234 / 273

22 S-polarized wave I with Assume incident wave is at some fixed angle to the density gradient, polarized out of the propagation plane, see Fig. 13. In this case the wave has a periodicity in y given by: E 1 = (0, 0, E z )e iky sin θ. Thus = ( / x, ik sin θ, 0), so that E 1 = 0. Making use of Eq. (153), the wave equation reduces to the equation for the electric field: 2 E z x 2 + k2 (ε sin 2 θ)e z = 0. (154) 235 / 273

23 P-polarized wave I with Consider now a p-polarized wave E 1 = (E x, E y, 0). In this case, E 1 0; a component of the laser field lies along the density gradient. y θ x n e(x) n c n cos c 2 θ E s B B k E p 236 / 273

24 equation for B I with The equation for the electric field in this case is complicated because it contains both EM and ES components. Easier to solve for B z instead, and then obtain E from Ampère s law, which after substituting J 1 = σ e E 1, becomes (?) B 1 = iωε c E 1. (155) In an analogous fashion, Faraday s law can be written: E 1 = iω c B 1. (156) 237 / 273

25 equation for B I with As with the electric field, we substitute the expression for the current Eq. (149) into the magnetic field wave equation (148), and then use Eq. (155) and Eq. (156) to eliminate E 1 ; Eq. (153) to eliminate σ e : 2 B 1 + ω2 c 2 B 1 + ε ε ( B 1) = 0. (157) Applying the same oblique-incidence ansatz as before B 1 = (0, 0, B z )e iky sin θ, we get the equation for B: 2 B z x 2 1 ε ε B z x x + k2 (ε sin 2 θ)b z = 0. (158) 238 / 273

26 Numerical solution of I with (154) and (158) are ordinary differential which can be solved numerically by standard matrix-inversion. 4 principle parameters of interest: 1 scale-length 2 polarization 3 angle of incidence 4 collision frequency Typically find characteristic angular dependence in reflectivity for a given value of kl. 239 / 273

27 Solution: long density scale-lengths I with Remark: wave modes are purely transverse: no coupling between an s-polarized EM wave and electrostatic modes (or Langmuir waves), since n 1 = E 1 = 0. If density gradient L/λ, then ε(x) is slowly varying over a laser wavelength, i.e. L 1 ε 1 ε/ x 1. then Eq. (154) can be solved via the Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (WKB) approximation. Airy functions. 240 / 273

28 in long-scale-length plasma for S-light I with For s-light, the absorption coefficient in this limit is given for an exponential profile by (Kruer, 1988): ( η WKB = 1 exp 8ν ) eil cos 3 θ. (159) 3c 241 / 273

29 Resonance absorption: P-light with kl 1 Ginzburg (1964) I with For p-polarized light, EM wave drives plasma resonance at n e = n c, which may be collisionally damped, leading to a maximum absorption of about 60% at an optimum angle of incidence given by sin θ opt = 0.8 (kl) 1/3. (160) 242 / 273

30 for S- and P-light at various density scale-lengths I with fraction of both s- and p-light for three different scale-lengths: L/λ=1 (solid curves), L/λ=0.1 (dashed) and L/λ= 0.01 (dotted). a p s L/ =1 L/ =0.1 L/ = ( o ) 243 / 273

31 in steep density profiles: skin I with In the limit L 0, recover Fresnel-like absorption behavior of metal-optics. Consider first s-polarized light. Starting from the equation 154 for the electric field, we represent the density by a Heaviside step function: n 0 (x) = n 0 Θ(x), and for the time-being neglect collisions in the dielectric constant, so that Eq. (153) reduces to: ε(x) = 1 ω2 p ω 2 Θ(x). 244 / 273

32 Vacuum field solution I with In the vacuum region (x < 0), the electric field thus has the solution E z = 2E 0 sin(kx cos θ + φ), (161) where k = ω/c, E 0 is the amplitude of the laser field and φ a phase factor still to be determined. 245 / 273

33 Evanescent field solution I with In the overdense region, the field is evanescent: where E z = E(0) exp( x/l s ), (162) l s = c ( 1/2 1 ω2 ω p ωp 2 cos θ) 2. (163) collisionless skin-depth. In highly overdense limit, n 0 /n c 1, we have l s c/ω p. 246 / 273

34 Phase matched overall solution I with To complete our solution, we match up Eq. (161) and Eq. (162) together with their derivatives at the boundary x = 0. This gives: Field intensity E(0) = 2E 0 ω ω p cos θ ω tan φ = l s cos θ. c 2 B y 2 E z n 0 /n c E 2 (0) = 2E 0 2 nc/n kx 247 / 273

35 Reflectivity: Fresnel I with Fresnel for light reflectivity on a conducting surface: and R s = R p = 2 sin(θ θ t ) sin(θ + θ t ), for s-light (164) 2 tan(θ θ t ) tan(θ + θ t ), for p-light (165) where θ is the angle of incidence as before, and { } sin θ θ t = sin 1 n is the generalized, complex angle of the transmitted light rays (from Snell s law). 248 / 273

36 Reflectivity: example I with The refractive index n = ε can be obtained from Eq. (153) as before, setting the density equal to the solid density Drude model. Example Solid aluminium target: Z = 3 n e cm 3 Ti-Sa laser: λ L = 0.8 µm n e /n c 100. Assume the plasma is initially heated to 120 ev, so that according to Eq. (144), we have ν/ω = 5 at the maximum density. 249 / 273

37 Reflectivity: example I with The resulting absorption curves calculated from Eqs. (164) and (165) are shown in Fig. 7 along with numerical solution of the for an exponential profile with L/λ= a = 1-R Fresnel ( o ) 250 / 273

38 transport I with Energy transport equation for a collisional plasma (?) ɛ t +.(q + Φ a) = 0, (166) where ɛ is the energy density, q is the heat flow and Φ a = η a Φ L is the absorbed laser flux. 251 / 273

39 Heating rate I with If penetration depth of the heat wave l h < l s = c/ω p (skin depth), then the thermal transport can be neglected. Volume heated simultaneously: V l s πσ 2. Setting ɛ = 3 2 n ek B T e and.φ a Φ a /l s, have or d dt (k BT e ) 4 Φ ( a Wcm 2 dt e dt Φ a n e l s, (167) ne ) ( ) 1 1 ls cm 3 kev fs 1. (168) cm 252 / 273

40 Onset of transport: heat carried into target I with After a few femtoseconds, huge temperature gradients generated: heat is carried away from the surface into the colder target material according to Eq. (166). For ideal plasmas, we write as before, and ɛ = 3 2 n ek B T e q(x) = κ e T e x, (169) which is the usual Spitzer-Härm heat-flow (??). 253 / 273

41 Spitzer-Härm heat-flow I with Substituting for ɛ and q in Eq. (166) and restricting ourselves to 1D by letting = ( / x, 0, 0), gives a diffusion equation for T e : 3 2 n T e ek B = ( ) T e κ e + Φ L t x x x. (170) κ e is known as the Spitzer thermal conductivity and is given by: κ e = 32 ( ) 1/2 2 n e 5/2 T π ν 0 m5/2 e, (171) where ν 0 = 2πn eze 4 log Λ m / 273

42 Nonlinear heat wave I with T e (ev) t = 100 fs t = 200 fs t = 300 fs t = 400 fs x (nm) Figure: Nonlinear heat-wave advancing into a semi-infinite, solid-density plasma. The curves are obtained from the numerical solution of the Spitzer heat flow equation for constant laser absorption at the target surface (left boundary). 255 / 273

43 Hydrodynamic plasma simulation I with Figure: Building blocks of a hydrodynamic laser-plasma simulation model. 256 / 273

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