Relativistic self-focusing of an intense laser pulse with hot magnetized plasma in the presence of a helical magnetostatic wiggler

Abstract

In this paper, we study the nonlinear interaction of a circularly polarized laser pulse propagating through a hot magnetized plasma in the presence of a helical magnetostatic wiggler. A non-linear equation that describes the spot-size of the laser beam for both left- and right-hand polarizations has been derived. Non-linear dispersion relation describing the evolution of the laser frequency propagating through the hot magnetized plasma has been obtained. The effect of the wiggler magnetic field strength on the evolution of the laser spot-size has been discussed. The results indicate that for the right-hand polarization with increasing wiggler magnetic field strength, the laser spot-size decreases and the laser pulse becomes more focused. On the contrary, for the left-hand polarization, the self-focusing decreases with increasing wiggler magnetic field strength. Besides, it was found that in the right-hand polarization, the laser spot-size increases with the increasing plasma temperature, and the laser beam becomes more defocused. Furthermore, for the left-hand polarization, the laser self-focusing increases with the decreasing plasma temperature. Further numerical results revealed that by increasing the wiggler field strength, the normalized laser power increases significantly.