Time-resolved diagnostics of relativistic plasma singularities

• Project/Area Number: 19KK0355
• Research Category: Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (A))
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Medium-sized Section 14:Plasma science and related fields
• Research Institution: National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology
• Principal Investigator: PIROZHKOV Alexander 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 (00446410)
• Project Period (FY): 2020 – 2022
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
• Budget Amount: ¥15,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,480,000)
• Keywords: Plasma singularities / Coherent x-ray source / BISER / Relativistic plasma / New imaging paradigm

Outline of Research at the Start

We develop spatially&temporally coherent bright attosecond keV x-ray source using laser-driven relativistic plasma singularities (BISER discovered by us [Sci.Rep.7 17968(2017)]). Unlike femtosecond XFELs and weak@keV atomic harmonics, it can image nanostructures and macromolecules before electrons escape, enabling revolutionary Attosecond Lensless Quantum Imaging which may elucidate quantum nature of life. Till now, singularities were seen by their time-integrated emission with motion blur. We will visualize them with fs resolution, revealing their physics and bringing x-ray source stability.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We are developing a spatially and temporally coherent bright attosecond keV x-ray source (>1e12 photons, ~1e-17 s) [Root Project: Kiban(A)19H00669], where laser-driven relativistic plasma singularities emit x-rays (Burst Intensification by Singularity Emitting Radiation, BISER phenomenon discovered by us [Pirozhkov, Esirkepov, et al., Sci. Rep. 7, 17968 (2017)]). Earlier, we deduced singularities only by their time-integrated x-ray emission. We proposed to boost our Root Project by direct time-resolved visualization of singularities necessary to increase the photon number and source stability.

We developed two diagnostics: (1) optical probing with probe pulse post compression and (2) femtosecond-Kerr-gated imaging. The advanced diagnostics already led to >100x BISER brightness increase in our experiment in the UK. These diagnostics will be used for singularity visualization simultaneously with measuring coherent BISER x-rays in the FY2023 Root Project experiment.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

Unlike too-long-pulse XFEL or too-weak@keV atomic harmonics, our new x-ray source can image nanostructures and macromolecules before electrons escape. This will enable revolutionary Attosecond Lensless Quantum Imaging, show true molecule structure, and may clarify a debatable quantum nature of life.

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory(英国) (2021)
• [Journal Article] AnaBHEL (Analog Black Hole Evaporation via Lasers) Experiment: Concept, Design, and Status (2022)
  • Author(s): P.Chen, G.Mourou, M.Besancon, Y.Fukuda, J-F.Glicenstein, J.Nam, C-E.Lin, K-N.Lin, S-X.Liu, Y-K.Liu, M.Kando, K.Kondo, S.Paganis, A.Pirozhkov, H.Takabe, B.Tuchming, W-P.Wang, N.Watamura, J.Wheeler, H-Y.Wu, AnaBHEL Collaboration
  • Journal Title: Photonics Volume: 9 Issue: 12 Pages: 1003-1003
  • DOI: 10.3390/photonics9121003
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Deconvolution of multi-Boltzmann x-ray distribution from linear absorption spectrometer via analytical parameter reduction (2021)
  • Author(s): C. D. Armstrong; D. Neely; D. Kumar; P. McKenna; R. J. Gray; and A. S. Pirozhkov
  • Journal Title: Review of Scientific Instruments Volume: 92 Issue: 11 Pages: 113102-113102
  • DOI: 10.1063/5.0057486
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Broadband normal-incidence mirrors for a range of 111-138 A based on an a-periodic Mo/Be multilayer structure (2021)
  • Author(s): M. M. Barysheva; S. A. Garakhin; A. O. Kolesnikov; A. S. Pirozhkov; V. N. Polkovnikov; E. N. Ragozin; A. N. Shatokhin; R. M. Smertin; M. V. Svechnikov; and E. A. Vishnyakov
  • Journal Title: Optical Materials Express Volume: 11 Issue: 9 Pages: 3038-3048
  • DOI: 10.1364/ome.434506
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Relativistic flying laser focus by a laser-produced parabolic plasma mirror (2021)
  • Author(s): Tae Moon Jeong; Sergei V. Bulanov; Petr Valenta; Georg Korn; Timur Zh Esirkepov; James K. Koga; Alexander S. Pirozhkov; Masaki Kando; and Stepan S. Bulanov
  • Journal Title: Physical Review A Volume: 104 Issue: 5 Pages: 053533-16
  • DOI: 10.1103/physreva.104.053533
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Optical probing of relativistic plasma singularities (2020)
  • Author(s): Esirkepov Timur Zh.、Mu Jie、Gu Yanjun、Jeong Tae Moon、Valenta Petr、Klimo Ondrej、Koga James K.、Kando Masaki、Neely David、Korn Georg、Bulanov Sergei V.、Pirozhkov Alexander S.
  • Journal Title: Physics of Plasmas Volume: 27 Issue: 5 Pages: 052103-9
  • DOI: 10.1063/5.0004525
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Ultrabright laser-driven BISER coherent x-ray source (2023)
  • Author(s): A.Pirozhkov,A.Shatokhin,A.Sagisaka,K.Ogura,T.Pikuz,A.Kotov,T.Dzelzainis,A.Bierwage,Ko.Kondo,H.Ohiro,S.Lorenz,Y.-K.Liu,G.Grittani,T.Jeong,N.Nakanii,K.Huang,A.Kon,Y.Miyasaka,G.Hull,S.Dann,E.Vishnyakov,A.Kolesnikov,M.Koike,P.Chen,T.Esirkepov,J.Koga,R.Gray,A.Soloviev,E.Ragozin,S.Bulanov,S.Namba,et al.
  • Organizer: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics Symposium, Compact Radiation Sources from EUV to Gamma-rays: Development and Applications Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] BISER and diagnostics of relativistic plasma singularities (2023)
  • Author(s): A.Pirozhkov,A.Shatokhin,A.Sagisaka,K.Ogura,T.Pikuz,A.Kotov,T.Dzelzainis,A.Bierwage,Ko.Kondo,H.Ohiro,S.Lorenz,Y.-K.Liu,G.Grittani,T.Jeong,N.Nakanii,K.Huang,A.Kon,Y.Miyasaka,G.Hull,S.Dann,E.Vishnyakov,A.Kolesnikov,M.Koike,P.Chen,T.Esirkepov,J.Koga,R.Gray,A.Soloviev,E.Ragozin,S.Bulanov,S.Namba,et al.
  • Organizer: The Optics & Photonics International Congress OPIC-2023, The 12th Advanced Lasers and Photon Sources ALPS-2023
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Ultrabright BISER coherent x-ray source in experiments with the Astra and J-KAREN-P lasers (2023)
  • Author(s): A.Pirozhkov,A.Shatokhin,A.Sagisaka,K.Ogura,T.Pikuz,A.Kotov,T.Dzelzainis,A.Bierwage,Ko.Kondo,H.Ohiro,S.Lorenz,Y.-K.Liu,G.Grittani,T.Jeong,N.Nakanii,K.Huang,A.Kon,Y.Miyasaka,G.Hull,S.Dann,E.Vishnyakov,A.Kolesnikov,M.Koike,P.Chen,T.Esirkepov,J.Koga,R.Gray,A.Soloviev,E.Ragozin,S.Bulanov,S.Namba,et al.
  • Organizer: JPS Spring Meeting 2023
• [Presentation] BISER experiments with the Astra and J-KAREN-P lasers (2023)
  • Author(s): A.Pirozhkov,A.Shatokhin,A.Sagisaka,K.Ogura,T.Pikuz,A.Kotov,T.Dzelzainis,A.Bierwage,Ko.Kondo,H.Ohiro,S.Lorenz,Y.-K.Liu,G.Grittani,T.Jeong,N.Nakanii,K.Huang,A.Kon,Y.Miyasaka,G.Hull,S.Dann,E.Vishnyakov,A.Kolesnikov,M.Koike,P.Chen,T.Esirkepov,J.Koga,R.Gray,A.Soloviev,E.Ragozin,S.Bulanov,S.Namba,et al.
  • Organizer: The 70th JSAP Spring Meeting 2023
• [Presentation] Ultrabright BISER coherent x-ray source driven by the Astra and J-KAREN-P lasers (2022)
  • Author(s): A.Pirozhkov,A.Shatokhin,A.Sagisaka,K.Ogura,T.Pikuz,A.Kotov,T.Dzelzainis,A.Bierwage,Ko.Kondo,H.Ohiro,S.Lorenz,Y.-K.Liu,G.Grittani,T.Jeong,N.Nakanii,K.Huang,A.Kon,Y.Miyasaka,G.Hull,S.Dann,E.Vishnyakov,A.Kolesnikov,M.Koike,P.Chen,T.Esirkepov,J.Koga,R.Gray,A.Soloviev,E.Ragozin,S.Bulanov,S.Namba,et al.
  • Organizer: Christmas Meeting of the High Power Laser User Community
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] BISER enhancement with Astra laser (2022)
  • Author(s): A.N.Shatokhin; A.V.Kotov; T.M.Jeong; G.M.Grittani; T.Dzelzainis; G.Hull; S.Dann; A.Sagisaka; E.A.Vishnyakov; A.O.Kolesnikov; M.Koike; T.Zh.Esirkepov; M.Kando; K.Ogura; T.A.Pikuz; J.K.Koga; H.Kiriyama; A.A.Soloviev; E.N.Ragozin; S.V.Bulanov; K.Kondo; T.Kawachi; D.R.Symes; D.Neely; A.S.Pirozhkov
  • Organizer: The 69th JSAP Spring Meeting 2022
• [Presentation] Multiple diagnostics in laser-plasma experiment at ~10^22 W/cm^2 (2021)
  • Author(s): A.S.Pirozhkov; A.Sagisaka; K.Ogura; T.Zh.Esirkepov; B.Gonzalez Izquierdo; A.N.Shatokhin; E.A.Vishnyakov; C.Armstrong; T.A.Pikuz; M.A.Alkhimova; S.A.Pikuz; W.Yan; T.M.Jeong; S.Singh; P.Hadjisolomou; O.Finke; G.Grittani; M.Nevrkla; C.Lazzarini; A.Velyhan; T.Hayakawa; Y.Fukuda; J.K.Koga; M.Ishino; Ko.Kondo; et al.
  • Organizer: The Optics & Photonics International Congress 2021 - International Conference on High-Energy Density Sciences 2021
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Generation of hard x-rays at intensities approaching ~10^22 W/cm^2 (2021)
  • Author(s): A.S.Pirozhkov; A.Sagisaka; K.Ogura; T.Zh.Esirkepov; B.Gonzalez Izquierdo; A.N.Shatokhin; E.A.Vishnyakov; C.Armstrong; T.A.Pikuz; M.A.Alkhimova; S.A.Pikuz; W.Yan; T.M.Jeong; S.Singh; P.Hadjisolomou; O.Finke; G.Grittani; M.Nevrkla; C.Lazzarini; A.Velyhan; T.Hayakawa; Y.Fukuda; J.K.Koga; M.Ishino; Ko.Kondo; et al.
  • Organizer: 3rd International Conference on Nuclear Photonics 2020 (NP2020)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Overview of the 10^22 Experiment with the J-KAREN-P laser (2021)
  • Author(s): A.S.Pirozhkov; A.Sagisaka; K.Ogura; T.Zh.Esirkepov; B.Gonzalez Izquierdo; A.N.Shatokhin; E.A.Vishnyakov; C.Armstrong; T.A.Pikuz; M.A.Alkhimova; S.A.Pikuz; W.Yan; T.M.Jeong; S.Singh; P.Hadjisolomou; O.Finke; G.Grittani; M.Nevrkla; C.Lazzarini; A.Velyhan; T.Hayakawa; Y.Fukuda; J.K.Koga; M.Ishino; Ko.Kondo; et al.
  • Organizer: OPTO-2021 Symposium on Photon and Beam Science
• [Presentation] Experiment towards the Gamma Flare regime (2021)
  • Author(s): A.S.Pirozhkov; A.Sagisaka; K.Ogura; T.Zh.Esirkepov; B.Gonzalez Izquierdo; A.N.Shatokhin; E.A.Vishnyakov; C.Armstrong; T.A.Pikuz; M.A.Alkhimova; S.A.Pikuz; W.Yan; T.M.Jeong; S.Singh; P.Hadjisolomou; O.Finke; G.Grittani; M.Nevrkla; C.Lazzarini; A.Velyhan; T.Hayakawa; Y.Fukuda; J.K.Koga; M.Ishino; Ko.Kondo; et al.
  • Organizer: The 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Plasma Physics (AAPPS-DPP)
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] 2021 Astra BISER experiment highlights (2021)
  • Author(s): Alexey Shatokhin; Alexander Kotov; Tae Moon Jeong; Gabriele Maria Grittani; Thomas Dzelzainis; Gregory Hull; Stephen Dann; Akito Sagisaka; Eugene Vishnyakov; Alexey Kolesnikov; Timur Esirkepov; Masaki Kando; Alexander Soloviev; Eugene Ragozin; Dan Symes; David Neely ; and Alexander Pirozhkov
  • Organizer: Christmas High Power Laser Science Community Meeting
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] BISER coherent x-rays source (2021)
  • Author(s): A.S.Pirozhkov, T.Zh.Esirkepov, B.Gonzalez-Izquierdo, A.Sagisaka, T.A.Pikuz, Z.E.Davidson, K.Ogura, A.Bierwage, K.Huang, N.Nakanii, J.K.Koga, A.Ya.Lopatin, Y.Fukuda, D.Neely, P.McKenna, E.N.Ragozin, S.A.Pikuz, N.I.Chkhalo, N.N.Salashchenko, S.Namba, H.Kiriyama, M.Koike, K.Kondo, T.Kawachi, M.Kando
  • Organizer: XXV International Symposium “Nanophysics & Nanoelectronics”
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited