The Inverse Faraday Effect Induced by Radiation Friction during Irradiation of Dense Plasma with Crossed Multipetawatt Laser Beams

We discuss the possibility of an experimental realization of the inverse Faraday effect induced by radiation friction upon irradiation of a dense plasma target with two crossed linearly polarized multipetawatt laser beams. The dependence of the maximum value of the excited longitudinal magnetic fiel...

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Published inBulletin of the Lebedev Physics Institute Vol. 50; no. Suppl 6; pp. S700 - S705
Main Authors Liseykina, T. V., Peganov, E. E., Popruzhenko, S. V.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.10.2023
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Dense plasmas
Faraday effect
Irradiation
Laser beams
Linear polarization
Magnetic fields
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Qed Processes in Strong Laser Field
radiative friction
intense laser field
inverse Faraday effect
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Summary:We discuss the possibility of an experimental realization of the inverse Faraday effect induced by radiation friction upon irradiation of a dense plasma target with two crossed linearly polarized multipetawatt laser beams. The dependence of the maximum value of the excited longitudinal magnetic field and of the size of the region occupied by this field at the angle 2θ between laser beams is studied. It is shown that the use of a two-beam setup significantly increases the amplitude of the excited magnetic field that can be as high as 2 or 3 GG at intensities of ∼3 × 10 23 W/cm 2 for beam convergence angles of 2θ ≤ 10°.
ISSN:1068-3356
1934-838X
DOI:10.3103/S1068335623180082