| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M52090/01 |
| Title: |
STUDY OF SUPERRADIANCE AND SHORT PULSE PROPAGATION IN AN UNDERDENSE PLASMA |
| Principal Investigator: |
Jaroszynski, Professor D |
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| Department: |
Physics |
| Organisation: |
University of Strathclyde |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
30 September 1999 |
Ends: |
29 April 2003 |
Value (£): |
406,118
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Instrumentation Eng. & Dev. |
Lasers & Optics |
| Plasmas - Laser & Fusion |
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| Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
Chemicals |
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Electronics |
| Environment |
Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology |
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A unique experimental system will be designed and constructed to study superradiance and the propagation of ultra-short optical pulses in a prepared plasma. To enable these studies a flexible format, high power optical pulse amplifier and an optical parametric amplifier will be designed. This will provide two independently tuneable ultra-short optical pulses and a flexible-format, amplitude-modulated pulse. In addition, a source of quasi-unipolar (half-cycle), tuneable and narrow band terahertz pulses will be constructed. The interaction region for these studies will be an underdense plasma created by an electrical discharge in a gas. To produce tuneable high power terahertz radiation from the plasma, a short period undulator producing a periodically magnetised plasma, will be constructed. The equipment designed will be used to investigate short optical and terahertz pulse propagation, amplification, generation, scattering, electromagnetically induced transparency and superradiance in plasmas.
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http://www.strath.ac.uk |