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Relativistic Flying Mirror Gamma Ray Source

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K05639
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Plasma science
Research InstitutionNational Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology

Principal Investigator

KOGA James  国立研究開発法人量子科学技術研究開発機構, 関西光科学研究所 光量子科学研究部, 上席研究員(定常) (70370393)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) Esirkepov Timur  国立研究開発法人量子科学技術研究開発機構, 関西光科学研究所 光量子科学研究部, 上席研究員(定常) (10370363)
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywordsplasma / mirror / relativisitic / relativistic / plasma mirror / 量子ビーム
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Bats use ultrasound to determine their position. Because their emitters (nose) and receivers (ears) are both moving, they experience the double Doppler effect. Einstein predicted this can occur with light reflected from a mirror moving near light speed. Lasers propagating in plasma have been shown to generate breaking plasma waves (relativistic mirrors) which reflect, compress, and upshift laser light where the laser pulse reflecting off the relativistic mirror had low intensity to not significantly perturb the mirror. We showed via numerical simulations that even strong laser pulses can reflect off relativistic mirrors and generate much shorter wavelength light.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

Relativistic mirrors reflecting high intensity laser pulses can generate ultrashort high-intensity short wavelength light. This has applications for imaging of ultra-short phenomena. This upshifted laser light could be used to generate electron-positron pairs from vacuum.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Relativisitcally upshifted higher harmonic generation via relativistic flying mirrors2018

    • Author(s)
      Koga James K、Bulanov Sergei V、Esirkepov Timur Zh、Kando Masaki、Bulanov Stepan S、Pirozhkov Alexander S
    • Journal Title

      Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

      Volume: 60 Issue: 7 Pages: 074007-074007

    • DOI

      10.1088/1361-6587/aac068

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Corrigendum: Relativistically upshifted higher harmonic generation via relativistic flying mirrors (2018 Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 60 074007)2018

    • Author(s)
      Koga James K、Bulanov Sergei V、Esirkepov Timur Zh、Kando Masaki、Bulanov Stepan S、Pirozhkov Alexander S
    • Journal Title

      Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

      Volume: 60 Issue: 9 Pages: 099501-099501

    • DOI

      10.1088/1361-6587/aad012

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Coherent, Short-Pulse X-ray Generation via Relativistic Flying Mirrors2018

    • Author(s)
      Kando Masaki、Esirkepov Timur、Koga James、Pirozhkov Alexander、Bulanov Sergei
    • Journal Title

      Quantum Beam Science

      Volume: 2 Issue: 2 Pages: 9-9

    • DOI

      10.3390/qubs2020009

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Using Relativistic Mirrors for Photon-Photon Scattering2018

    • Author(s)
      J. K. Koga, S. V. Bulanov, T. Zh. Esirkepov, M. Kando, S. S. Bulanov, A. S. Pirozhkov1 A. Bierwage, P. Valenta
    • Organizer
      12th International Conference on High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics (HEDLA)
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Relativisitic Flying Mirror in the Ultra-high Intensity Regime2018

    • Author(s)
      J. K. Koga, S. V. Bulanov, T. Zh. Esirkepov, M. Kando, S. S. Bulanov, A. S. Pirozhkov1 A. Bierwage, P. Valenta
    • Organizer
      45th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Focusing and Up-shift of Ultra-high Intensity Lasers Reflected by Relativisitic Flying Mirrors2018

    • Author(s)
      J. K. Koga, S. V. Bulanov, T. Zh. Esirkepov, M. Kando, S. S. Bulanov, A. S. Pirozhkov1 A. Bierwage, P. Valenta
    • Organizer
      2nd Asia-Pacific Conference on Plasma Physics
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Relativistic Harmonics and Relativistic Flying Mirrors2018

    • Author(s)
      James K. Koga
    • Organizer
      レーザープラズマ科学のための最先端シミュレーションコードの共同開発・共用に関する研究会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Radiative Electron Dynamics in Multiple Laser Pulse Fields and Applications2017

    • Author(s)
      James K. Koga
    • Organizer
      Sixth International Conference on High Energy Density Physics (ICHED2017)
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Focusing and up-shift of laser light by relativistic flying mirrors in the high power and large wavelength difference regime2017

    • Author(s)
      James K. Koga
    • Organizer
      59th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Reflection of Strong Long Wavelength Laser Pulses from Relativistic Mirrors2017

    • Author(s)
      James Koga
    • Organizer
      レーザープラズマ科学のための最先端シミュレーションコードの共同開発・共用に関する研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      大阪大学、吹田キャンパス、吹田市大阪府
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Relativistic flying mirrors in the nonlinear and large wavelength difference regime2016

    • Author(s)
      James Koga
    • Organizer
      58th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics
    • Place of Presentation
      San Jose, California
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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