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Energy gain of injected electrons subjected to an intense laser field and its magnetic field induced in plasma.

Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics · 1999 · Unclear · Insufficient evidence

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A theoretical investigation finds that a circularly polarized finite-area laser beam can induce an axial magnetic field in low-density plasma (via the inverse Faraday effect), enabling Doppler-shifted cyclotron resonance energy gain for appropriately injected…

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PublicationPhysical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics · 1999
Study typeother
Reported directionUnclear
Evidence ratingInsufficient

Abstract

Cyclotron-resonance energy gain of injected electrons subjected to an intense circularly polarized laser field and the magnetic field induced in a low-density plasma is investigated theoretically. By considering the inverse Faraday effect (IFE), where a circularly polarized finite area laser beam induces an axial magnetic field in a plasma, it is found that very interesting energy gains can be obtained by Doppler-shifted cyclotron resonance in this field for the appropriate injection velocity. This same IFE field also acts to confine these electrons radially and, on exiting the plasma adiabatically, it is in this way that the transverse electron energy is converted to axial energy. Two limits to the energy gain are discussed: (i) cyclotron radius of the energetic electrons becoming comparable to the beam, and (ii) axial dephasing.

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Study typeother
Effect directionunclear
PopulationNot supplied
Sample sizeNot supplied
ExposureNot supplied
Evidence strengthInsufficientConfidence: 74% · Peer reviewed: yes

Main findings

A theoretical investigation finds that a circularly polarized finite-area laser beam can induce an axial magnetic field in low-density plasma (via the inverse Faraday effect), enabling Doppler-shifted cyclotron resonance energy gain for appropriately injected electrons. The induced field can also radially confine electrons and, upon adiabatic exit from the plasma, transverse energy can be converted to axial energy; limits to gain include cyclotron radius approaching beam size and axial dephasing.

Outcomes measured

  • cyclotron-resonance energy gain of injected electrons
  • electron confinement and conversion of transverse to axial energy
  • limits to energy gain (cyclotron radius vs beam size; axial dephasing)

Limitations

  • Theoretical study; no experimental or epidemiological data reported in the abstract.
  • No quantitative exposure parameters (e.g., laser frequency, intensity) provided in the abstract.
  • No numerical results or effect sizes reported in the abstract.
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DOI: 10.1103/physreve.60.5950
PubMed: 11970498

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