摘要
Plasma-based optical elements can withstand laser intensities several orders of magnitude higher than traditional optical elements,making them highly promising for manipulating relativistic intensity laser pulses.In this work,we propose and demonstrate a novel microstructured plasma target,inspired by the design of traditional Fresnel zone plates.The specific target structure causes diffraction of the input laser at each zone,resulting in constructive interference and facilitating effective focusing of the input laser pulse.Three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation results show that the microstructured plasma target can focus Gaussian laser pulses with an intensity of the order of 10^(22) W/cm^(2)to an intensity exceeding 10^(24) W/cm^(2)with the laser focus spot size approaching the diffraction limit of-0.73μm and laser fluence enhancement by a factor of 46.It is also found that when the microstructured plasma target is modified into a reflective element,laser intensities up to 10^(25) W/cm^(2)may be achieved.This extremely high-intensity tightly focused laser pulse can trigger intense photon radiation when interacting with targets,(e.g.,wire plasma targets),with potential applications in laboratory astrophysics,as well as providing the opportunity to explore phenomena such as vacuum birefringence and quantum electrodynamical cascades.
基金
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12375244 and 12135009)
the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province of China(Grant No.2025JJ30002).
