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June 10, 2014Physical Review Letters120 citationsOpen Access

Light Fan Driven by a Relativistic Laser Pulse

YSYin ShiBSBaifei ShenLZLingang Zhang

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When a relativistic laser pulse with a high photon density interacts with a specially tailored thin foil target, a strong torque is exerted on the resulting spiral-shaped foil plasma, or "light fan." Because of its structure, the latter can gain significant orbital angular momentum (OAM), and the opposite OAM is imparted to the reflected light, creating a twisted relativistic light pulse. Such an interaction scenario is demonstrated by particle-in-cell simulation as well as analytical modeling, and should be easily verifiable in the laboratory. As an important characteristic, the twisted relativistic light pulse has a strong torque and ultrahigh OAM density.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7949829fd4195bcd5b0d17https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.112.235001
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