Maxwell-consistent, symmetry- and energy-preserving solutions for ultrashort-laser-pulse propagation beyond the paraxial approximation
Result description
We analytically and numerically investigate the propagation of ultrashort tightly focused laser pulses in vacuum, with particular emphasis on Hermite-Gaussian and Laguerre-Gaussian modes. We revisit the Lax series approach for forward-propagating linearly polarized laser pulses, to obtain Maxwell-consistent and symmetry-preserving analytical solutions for the propagation of all field components beyond the paraxial approximation in four-dimensional geometry (space and time). We demonstrate that our solution conserves the energy, which is set by the paraxial-level term of the series. The full solution of the wave equation towards which our series converges is calculated in the Fourier space. Three-dimensional numerical simulations of ultrashort tightly focused pulses validate our analytical development.
Keywords
perfectly matched layerGaussian-beamelectron accelerationelectromagnetic-wavesboundary-conditionsfieldslightabsorptionequationsmedia
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angličtina
Original language name
Maxwell-consistent, symmetry- and energy-preserving solutions for ultrashort-laser-pulse propagation beyond the paraxial approximation
Original language description
We analytically and numerically investigate the propagation of ultrashort tightly focused laser pulses in vacuum, with particular emphasis on Hermite-Gaussian and Laguerre-Gaussian modes. We revisit the Lax series approach for forward-propagating linearly polarized laser pulses, to obtain Maxwell-consistent and symmetry-preserving analytical solutions for the propagation of all field components beyond the paraxial approximation in four-dimensional geometry (space and time). We demonstrate that our solution conserves the energy, which is set by the paraxial-level term of the series. The full solution of the wave equation towards which our series converges is calculated in the Fourier space. Three-dimensional numerical simulations of ultrashort tightly focused pulses validate our analytical development.
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Type
Jimp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
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OECD FORD branch
10305 - Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)
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Project
EF16_013/0001793: Extreme Light Infrastructure Tools for Advanced Simulation
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
Physical Review A
ISSN
2469-9926
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Volume of the periodical
98
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
17
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UT code for WoS article
000448592800011
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85055778909
Basic information
Result type
Jimp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
OECD FORD
Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)
Year of implementation
2018