A strongly nonlinear wake wave driven by an intense laser pulse can act as a partially reflecting relativistic mirror (the flying mirror) [S. V. Bulanov, et al., Bulletin of the Lebedev Physics Institute, No. 6, 9 (1991); S. V. Bulanov, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 085001 (2003)]. Upon reflection from such mirror, a counter‐propagating optical‐frequency laser pulse is directly converted into high‐frequency radiation, with a frequency multiplication factor (the double Doppler effect). We present the results of recent experiment in which the photon number in the reflected radiation was at least several thousand times larger than in our proof‐of‐principle experiment [M. Kando, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 135001 (2007); A. S. Pirozhkov, et al., Phys. Plasmas 14, 123106 (2007)]. The flying mirror holds promise of generating intense coherent ultrashort XUV and x‐ray pulses that inherit their temporal shape and polarization from the original optical‐frequency (laser) pulses. Furthermore, the reflected radiation bears important information about the reflecting wake wave itself, which can be used for its diagnostics.
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25 July 2009
LASER-DRIVEN RELATIVISTIC PLASMAS APPLIED TO SCIENCE, INDUSTRY AND MEDICINE: 2nd International Symposium
19–23 January 2009
Kyoto (Japan)
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July 25 2009
Demonstration of Flying Mirror with Improved Efficiency
Alexander S. Pirozhkov;
Alexander S. Pirozhkov
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
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Masaki Kando;
Masaki Kando
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
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Timur Zh. Esirkepov;
Timur Zh. Esirkepov
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
bMoscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutskij pereulok 9, Dolgoprudny, 141700 Moscow region, Russia
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Yuji Fukuda;
Yuji Fukuda
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
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Li‐Ming Chen;
Li‐Ming Chen
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
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Izuru Daito;
Izuru Daito
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
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Koichi Ogura;
Koichi Ogura
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
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Takayuki Homma;
Takayuki Homma
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
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Yukio Hayashi;
Yukio Hayashi
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
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Hideyuki Kotaki;
Hideyuki Kotaki
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
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Akito Sagisaka;
Akito Sagisaka
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
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Michiaki Mori;
Michiaki Mori
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
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James K. Koga;
James K. Koga
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
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Tetsuya Kawachi;
Tetsuya Kawachi
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
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Hiromitsu Kiriyama;
Hiromitsu Kiriyama
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
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Hajime Okada;
Hajime Okada
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
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Keigo Kawase;
Keigo Kawase
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
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Takashi Kameshima;
Takashi Kameshima
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
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Nobuyuki Nishimori;
Nobuyuki Nishimori
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
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Eugene N. Ragozin;
Eugene N. Ragozin
bMoscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutskij pereulok 9, Dolgoprudny, 141700 Moscow region, Russia
cP. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 53, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Anatoly Ya. Faenov;
Anatoly Ya. Faenov
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
dJoint Institute of High Temperatures, the Russian Academy of Sciences, Izhorskaja Street 13/19, 127412 Moscow, Russia
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Tatiana A. Pikuz;
Tatiana A. Pikuz
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
dJoint Institute of High Temperatures, the Russian Academy of Sciences, Izhorskaja Street 13/19, 127412 Moscow, Russia
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Toyoaki Kimura;
Toyoaki Kimura
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
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Toshiki Tajima;
Toshiki Tajima
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
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Hiroyuki Daido;
Hiroyuki Daido
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
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Yoshiaki Kato;
Yoshiaki Kato
eGraduate School for Creation of New Photonic Industries, Kurematsucho 1955‐1, Hamamatsu‐Nishiku, Shizuoka 431‐1202, Japan
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Sergei V. Bulanov
Sergei V. Bulanov
aAdvanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8‐1‐7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619‐0215, Japan
fA. M. Prokhorov Institute of General Physics, the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilov Street 38, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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AIP Conf. Proc. 1153, 274–284 (2009)
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Alexander S. Pirozhkov, Masaki Kando, Timur Zh. Esirkepov, Yuji Fukuda, Li‐Ming Chen, Izuru Daito, Koichi Ogura, Takayuki Homma, Yukio Hayashi, Hideyuki Kotaki, Akito Sagisaka, Michiaki Mori, James K. Koga, Tetsuya Kawachi, Hiromitsu Kiriyama, Hajime Okada, Keigo Kawase, Takashi Kameshima, Nobuyuki Nishimori, Eugene N. Ragozin, Anatoly Ya. Faenov, Tatiana A. Pikuz, Toyoaki Kimura, Toshiki Tajima, Hiroyuki Daido, Yoshiaki Kato, Sergei V. Bulanov; Demonstration of Flying Mirror with Improved Efficiency. AIP Conf. Proc. 25 July 2009; 1153 (1): 274–284. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3204536
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