ZHENG Jun1, SHENG Zheng-Ming1,2, YE Zhi-Cheng3, ZHANG Jie1,2, MIMA Kunioki4
1Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Shanghai 2002402Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academyof Sciences, Beijing 1001903School of Electronic, Information and Electrical Engineering, ShanghaiJiao Tong University, Shanghai 2002404Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871,Japan
Cavity-Defect Plasma Bragg Gratings
ZHENG Jun1, SHENG Zheng-Ming1,2, YE Zhi-Cheng3, ZHANG Jie1,2, MIMA Kunioki4
1Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Shanghai 2002402Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academyof Sciences, Beijing 1001903School of Electronic, Information and Electrical Engineering, ShanghaiJiao Tong University, Shanghai 2002404Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871,Japan
Plasma Bragg grating (PBG) is composed of periodic variations of plasma and dielectric or vacuum. The defect mode characteristic of the PBG with a cavity-defect is studied by one-dimensional particle-in-cell (1D PIC) simulation. It is shown that the laser pulse with the defect frequency can be localized around the defect partly and at the same time leak out of both sides of the grating slowly because of the few number of the grating period. This results in local high laser field intensity and high plasma density produced at the defect area, from which the third harmonic is enhanced by one order of magnitude. With the enhancement of the light coupled to the defect and the decrease of the light leaking out of the defect, the conversion efficiency of the third harmonic from the incident laser can be increased.
Plasma Bragg grating (PBG) is composed of periodic variations of plasma and dielectric or vacuum. The defect mode characteristic of the PBG with a cavity-defect is studied by one-dimensional particle-in-cell (1D PIC) simulation. It is shown that the laser pulse with the defect frequency can be localized around the defect partly and at the same time leak out of both sides of the grating slowly because of the few number of the grating period. This results in local high laser field intensity and high plasma density produced at the defect area, from which the third harmonic is enhanced by one order of magnitude. With the enhancement of the light coupled to the defect and the decrease of the light leaking out of the defect, the conversion efficiency of the third harmonic from the incident laser can be increased.
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