Ponderomotive Interaction Research Articles

Ponderomotive forces in magnetized nonthermal space plasmas due to cyclotron waves

The ponderomotive force is involved in a variety of space plasma phenomena characterized by the family of Kappa distributions. Therefore, evaluating these nonthermal effects in the ponderomotive force is required. The Karpman-Washimi ponderomotive interaction due to cyclotron waves is evaluated for different space conditions considering low-temperature magnetized plasmas described by an isotropic Kappa distribution and with a wave propagation parallel to the background magnetic field. We performed a brief analysis of the influence of the Kappa distribution in the dispersion relation for a low-temperature plasma expansion at the lowest order in which the thermal effects can be appreciated without considering the damping characteristics of the wave. The different factors of the ponderomotive force were obtained and analyzed separately as a function of the wavenumber, the spectral index kappa , and the plasma beta. We found a relevant influence of the nonthermal effects in all factors of the ponderomotive force for magnetized plasmas. The effect of the Kappa distribution has been evaluated for a wide variety of space environments, such as the solar wind and the different regions of our magnetosphere, where it has been found that these results can be relevant for the solar wind, the magnetosheath, the plasma sheet, and the polar cusps. We also analyzed the role of the nonthermal effect in the induced Karpman-Washimi ponderomotive magnetization in the context of spatial plasmas and the total radiated power associated with it. We find that even for nearly cold magnetized plasmas and waves far from the resonances, the effect of the kappa parameter in the ponderomotive force cannot be neglected. This suggests a significant role of the Kappa distribution in ponderomotive phenomena of space physics.

Guiding centre motion for particles in a ponderomotive magnetostatic end plug

The Hamiltonian dynamics of a single particle in a rotating plasma column, interacting with an magnetic multipole is perturbatively solved for up to second order, using the method of Lie transformations. First, the exact Hamiltonian is expressed in terms of canonical action-angle variables, and then an approximate integrable Hamiltonian is introduced, using another set of actions and angles, which describe the centre of oscillation for the particle. The perturbation introduces an effective ponderomotive potential, which to leading order is positive. At the second order, the pseudopotential consists of a sum of terms of the Miller form, and can have either sign. Additionally, at second order, the ponderomotive interaction introduces a modification to the particle effective mass, when considering the motion along the column axis. It is found that particles can be axially confined by the ponderomotive potentials, but acquire radial excursions which scale as the confining potential. The radial excursions of the particle along its trajectory are investigated, and a condition for the minimal rotation frequency for which the particle remains radially confined is derived. Last, we comment on the changes to the aforementioned solution to the pseudopotentials and particle trajectory in the case of resonant motion, that is, a motion which has the same periodicity as the perturbation.

Features of magnetic ponderomotive interaction of magnetized to saturation profiled magnetic films

We calculated the force of magnetic ponderomotive interaction between two micromagnetic films having a corrugated semi-cylindrical surface represented as a lattice of half magnets in the form of long cylindrical rods. It is found that the lattice interaction force is substantially determined by the distance between the half-cylinders and, depending on this parameter, can manifest itself as an attraction or repulsion force.

Magnetic Ponderomotive Interaction of Profiled Magnetic Films Magnetized to Saturation

Magnetic Ponderomotive Interaction of Profiled Magnetic Films Magnetized to Saturation

Driving Alkali Rydberg Transitions with a Phase-Modulated Optical Lattice.

We develop and demonstrate a spectroscopic method for Rydberg-Rydberg transitions using a phase-controlled and -modulated, standing-wave laser field focused on a cloud of cold ^{85}Rb Rydberg atoms. The method is based on the ponderomotive (A^{2}) interaction of the Rydberg electron, which has less-restrictive selection rules than electric-dipole couplings, allowing us to probe both nS_{1/2}→nP_{1/2} and nS_{1/2}→(n+1)S_{1/2} transitions in first order. Without increase in laser power, third- and fourth-order subharmonic drives are employed to access Rydberg transitions in the 40 to 70GHz frequency range using widely available optical phase modulators in the Ku band (12 to 18GHz). Measurements agree well with simulations based on the model we develop. The spectra have prominent Doppler-free components with linewidths ≲200 kHz. The method paves the way for optical Doppler-free high-precision spectroscopy of Rydberg-Rydberg transitions and for spatially selective qubit manipulation with μm-scale resolution in Rydberg-based simulators and quantum computers, provided that magic states are chosen and that the atoms are sufficiently cold.

Ponderomotive forces due to electron modes in unmagnetized plasmas described by kappa distribution functions

The Washimi and Karpman ponderomotive interaction due to electron wave propagation is investigated for low-temperature unmagnetized plasmas described by an isotropic kappa distribution. We perform a brief analysis of the influence of the kappa distribution in the dispersion relations for a low-temperature plasma expansion at the lowest order in which the thermal effects are appreciable without considering the damping characteristics of the wave. The spatial and temporal factors of the ponderomotive force are obtained as a function of the wavenumber, the spectral index κ and the ratio between the plasma thermal velocity and the speed of light. Our results show that for unmagnetized plasmas non-thermal effects are negligible due to the spatial ponderomotive force when non-relativistic thermal velocities are considered. However, for unmagnetized plasmas, the temporal factor of the ponderomotive force appears only due to the presence of suprathermal particles, with a clear dependence on the κ index. We also analyze the role of the non-thermal effect in the induced Washimi and Karpman ponderomotive magnetization and the total power radiated associated with it. Furthermore, we show that the magnitude of the slowly varying induced ponderomotive magnetic field increases as the plasma moves away from thermal equilibrium.

Dynamics of a Conductor with Unclosed Alternative Electric Current

The ponderomotive interaction of displacement currents and conduction currents in an open conductor through which an alternating electric current flows is considered. The calculation is performed for a flat conductor of arbitrary shape. It has been shown that the displacement current does not create a nonzero force that would act on an open conductor. The so-called force of self-action, with which the conductor acts on itself, is compensated by the force of Abraham, transmitted to the electromagnetic field. The absolutely exact fulfillment of the law of conservation of momentum, which includes the latent momentum of the field, has been demonstrated. The density of Abraham's force is determined by the vector product of the derivative of the electric field in-duction by the magnetic field induction. As an example, a numerical calculation of the self-force and the Abraham force for a thin ring conductor is carried out. The ratio of Abraham's force to the square of the conduction current depends only on the relative dimensions of the conductor. The maximum Abraham's force is observed for a conductor representing half of a flat ring.

Observation of the Relativistic Reversal of the Ponderomotive Potential.

The secular dynamics of a nonrelativistic charged particle in an electromagnetic wave can be described by the ponderomotive potential. Although ponderomotive electron-laser interactions at relativistic velocities are important for emerging technologies from laser-based particle accelerators to laser-enhanced electron microscopy, the effects of special relativity on the interaction have only been studied theoretically. Here, we use a transmission electron microscope to measure the position-dependent phase shift imparted to a relativistic electron wave function when it traverses a standing laser wave. The kinetic energy of the electrons is varied between 80 and 300keV, and the laser standing wave has a continuous-wave intensity of 175 GW/cm^{2}. In contrast to the nonrelativistic case, we demonstrate that the phase shift depends on both the electron velocity and the wave polarization, confirming the predictions of a quasiclassical theory of the interaction. Remarkably, if the electron's speed is greater than 1/sqrt[2] of the speed of light, the phase shift at the electric field nodes of the wave can exceed that at the antinodes. In this case there exists a polarization such that the phase shifts at the nodes and antinodes are equal, and the electron does not experience Kapitza-Dirac diffraction. Our results thus provide new capabilities for coherent electron beam manipulation.

All-Optical Scheme for Generation of Isolated Attosecond Electron Pulses.

We theoretically propose an all-optical scheme for generation of isolated electron pulses with subfemtosecond durations for ultrafast electron microscopy and diffraction. The scheme is based on simultaneous longitudinal and transverse momentum modulation of freely propagating electrons at two distinct frequencies via ponderomotive interaction with tailored light fields of three phase-controlled laser pulses in vacuum. After a drift distance, an attosecond electron pulse train is formed with the individual pulses displaced in the transverse direction. Spatial filtering of the electron beam by an aperture leads to isolation of an individual attosecond pulse with a duration of <100 as. Subfemtosecond isolated electron pulses will enable direct space-time imaging of attosecond electronic dynamics in atoms, molecules, and solids with atomic spatial resolution, allowing us to directly observe phenomena such as electron tunneling or electron-electron interaction in strong laser fields of few-cycle laser pulses.

Ponderomotive interaction of high-power cylindrical vector beams with plasma

The spatio-temporal evolution of the interaction of a high-power cylindrical vector (CV) beam with plasma is investigated numerically using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. According to the theory of ponderomotive nonlinearity of plasma, the Drude model with both modified plasma frequency and modified collision frequency is given for depicting the dispersive and dissipative permittivity of plasma with the presence of a high-power laser. The corresponding algorithms of the FDTD method are proposed for numerically simulating the nonlinear dielectric model and for artificially generating the radially and azimuthally polarized CV beams. The simulation results about the 3D dynamic interaction processes between the high-power CV beams and plasma are presented and discussed, by which we find that the plasma has different modulation effects on the two types of CV beams with different polarization states. The anticipated phenomena, such as the self-focusing of a high-power laser beam in plasma and the self-tunneling of plasma, are also verified. This study provides a transient and dynamic simulation method for laser–plasma interaction and also exploits a new approach for the field modulation of laser beams by plasma.

Ponderomotive interaction of high-power cylindrical vector beams with plasma

The spatio-temporal evolution of the interaction of a high-power cylindrical vector (CV) beam with plasma is investigated numerically using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. According to the theory of ponderomotive nonlinearity of plasma, the Drude model with both modified plasma frequency and modified collision frequency is given for depicting the dispersive and dissipative permittivity of plasma with the presence of a high-power laser. The corresponding algorithms of the FDTD method are proposed for numerically simulating the nonlinear dielectric model and for artificially generating the radially and azimuthally polarized CV beams. The simulation results about the 3D dynamic interaction processes between the high-power CV beams and plasma are presented and discussed, by which we find that the plasma has different modulation effects on the two types of CV beams with different polarization states. The anticipated phenomena, such as the self-focusing of a high-power laser beam in plasma and the self-tunneling of plasma, are also verified. This study provides a transient and dynamic simulation method for laser&#x2013;plasma interaction and also exploits a new approach for the field modulation of laser beams by plasma.

Femtosecond to picosecond transient effects in WSe2 observed by pump-probe angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy

Time-dependent responses of materials to an ultrashort optical pulse carry valuable information about the electronic and lattice dynamics; this research area has been widely studied on novel two-dimensional materials such as graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and topological insulators (TIs). We report herein a time-resolved and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (TRARPES) study of WSe2, a layered semiconductor of interest for valley electronics. The results for below-gap optical pumping reveal energy-gain and -loss Floquet replica valence bands that appear instantaneously in concert with the pump pulse. Energy shift, broadening, and complex intensity variation and oscillation at twice the phonon frequency for the valence bands are observed at time scales ranging from the femtosecond to the picosecond and beyond. The underlying physics is rich, including ponderomotive interaction, dressing of the electronic states, creation of coherent phonon pairs, and diffusion of charge carriers – effects operating at vastly different time domains.

Effects of quantum statistical pressure on the Washimi-Karpman magnetization and power radiation in degenerate quantum Fermi-Dirac plasmas

The physical properties of the Washimi-Karpman ponderomotive magnetization are investigated in relativistically degenerate quantum Fermi-Dirac plasmas including the influence of quantum statistical degeneracy pressure. The induced magnetization and power radiation due to the Washimi-Karpman ponderomotive interaction are obtained in Fermi-Dirac plasmas. It is found that the ponderomotive magnetization decreases with an increase of the relativistic degeneracy parameter. It is also shown that the quantum statistical degeneracy pressure effect is more significant in small frequency and large wave number domains than that in large frequency and small wave number domains. In addition, it is found that the ponderomotive power radiation decreases with an increase of the relativistic degeneracy parameter in Fermi-Dirac plasmas. The variations of the Washimi-Karpman magnetization and power radiation due to the physical characteristics of degenerate quantum Fermi-Dirac plasmas are also discussed.

Elastic properties of magnetorheological elastomer: description with the two-particle mesoscopic model

A pair of magnetizable solid particles embedded in a cylinder made of high-elasticity material is considered as a model of a mesoscopic structure element of a magnetorheological elastomer. An applied magnetic field induces ponderomotive interaction of the particles making them to move relative to one another so as to balance the counteracting magnetic and elastic forces. In a certain parameter range, the system exhibits bistability due to which under the increase / decrease of the field, the interparticle distance changes in a hysteretic manner. This behavior has a significant effect on the ability of the mesoscopic element to resist external load. Using the developed two-particle model prone to the magnetomechanical hysteresis, we extend it to the case of a virtually macroscopic sample presenting the latter as a superposition of such elements with distributed interparticle distances. In spite of its simplicity, this scheme in a generally correct way describes the field-induced changes of the internal structure and elastic modulus of the magnetorheological composites.

Modeling the ponderomotive interaction of high-power laser beams with collisional plasma: the FDTD-based approach.

The ponderomotive interaction of high-power laser beams with collisional plasma is modeled in the nonrelativistic regime and is simulated using the powerful finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method for the first time in literature. The nonlinear and dissipative dielectric constant function of the collisional plasma is deduced that takes the ponderomotive effect into account and is implemented in the discrete framework of FDTD algorithms. Maclaurin series expansion approach is applied for implementing the obtained physical model and the time average of the square of light field is extracted by numerically evaluating an integral identity based on the composite trapezoidal rule for numerical integration. Two numerical examples corresponding to two different types of laser beams, Gaussian beam and vortex Laguerre-Gaussian beam, propagating in collisional plasma, are presented for specified laser and plasma parameters to verify the validity of the proposed FDTD-based approach. Simulation results show the anticipated self-focusing and attenuation phenomena of laser beams and the deformation of the spatial density distributions of electron plasma along the beam propagation path. Due to the flexibility of FDTD method in light beam excitation and accurate complex material modeling, the proposed approach has a wide application prospect in the study of the complex laser-plasma interactions in a small scale.

Resonant multiphoton dissociation of the NO molecule

The multiphoton dissociation of an unexcited NO molecule involving intermediate Rydberg states nlσ(2∑+), nlπ(2П), and nlδ(2Δ), which are populated by a weak probe field and decay owing to nonadiabatic transitions in the predissociation states of valence configurations B′2Δ, L 2П, I 2∑+, and B 2П, has been studied. The role of the ponderomotive interaction that occurs under the simultaneous action of an intensive electromagnetic monochromatic radiation on the studied system has been analyzed. A theory to describe the dynamics of the process has been described. The possibilities of laser stimulation of this process, which consist in the search for ranges of variation in the frequencies and intensities of laser radiation that provide the highest efficiency of the resonant photostimulated process, have been discussed.

Probe of Rydberg-Atom Transitions via an Amplitude-Modulated Optical Standing Wave with a Ponderomotive Interaction.

In ponderomotive spectroscopy an amplitude-modulated optical standing wave is employed to probe Rydberg-atom transitions, utilizing a ponderomotive rather than a dipole-field interaction. Here, we engage nonlinearities in the modulation to drive dipole-forbidden transitions up to the fifth order. We reach transition frequencies approaching the sub-THz regime. We also demonstrate magic-wavelength conditions, which result in symmetric spectral lines with a Fourier-limited peak at the line center. Applicability to precision measurement is discussed.

Karpman-Washimi magnetization with electron-exchange effects in quantum plasmas

The influence of quantum electron-exchange on the Karpman-Washimi ponderomotive magnetization is investigated in quantum plasmas. The ponderomotive magnetization and the total radiation power due to the non-stationary Karpman-Washimi interaction related to the time-varying field intensity are obtained as functions of the de Broglie wave length, Debye length, and electron-exchange parameter. The result shows that the electron-exchange effect enhances the cyclotron frequency due to the ponderomotive interactions in quantum plasmas. It is also shown that the electron-exchange effect on the Karpman-Washimi magnetization increases with increasing wave number. In addition, the Karpman-Washimi magnetization and the total radiation power increase with an increase in the ratio of the Debye length to the de Broglie wave length. In streaming quantum plasmas, it is shown that the electron-exchange effect enhances the ponderomotive magnetization below the resonant wave number and, however, suppresses the ponderomotive magnetization above the resonant wave number. The variation of the Karpman-Washimi magnetization and the radiation power due to the variation of the electron-exchange effect and plasma parameters is also discussed.

Forbidden atomic transitions driven by an intensity-modulated laser trap.

Spectroscopy is an essential tool in understanding and manipulating quantum systems, such as atoms and molecules. The model describing spectroscopy includes the multipole-field interaction, which leads to established spectroscopic selection rules, and an interaction that is quadratic in the field, which is not often employed. However, spectroscopy using the quadratic (ponderomotive) interaction promises two significant advantages over spectroscopy using the multipole-field interaction: flexible transition rules and vastly improved spatial addressability of the quantum system. Here we demonstrate ponderomotive spectroscopy by using optical-lattice-trapped Rydberg atoms, pulsating the lattice light and driving a microwave atomic transition that would otherwise be forbidden by established spectroscopic selection rules. This ability to measure frequencies of previously inaccessible transitions makes possible improved determinations of atomic characteristics and constants underlying physics. The spatial resolution of ponderomotive spectroscopy is orders of magnitude better than the transition frequency would suggest, promising single-site addressability in dense particle arrays for quantum computing applications.

Ponderomotive ForcesonWaves in Modulated Media

Nonlinear interactions of waves via instantaneous cross-phase modulation can be cast in the same way as ponderomotive wave-particle interactions in high-frequency electromagnetic field. The ponderomotive effect arises when rays of a probe wave scatter off perturbations of the underlying medium produced by a second, modulation wave, much like charged particles scatter off a quasiperiodic field. Parallels with the point-particle dynamics, which itself is generalized by this theory, lead to new methods of wave manipulation, including asymmetric barriers for light.