Suppression of power losses during laser pulse propagation in underdense plasma slab

For current state-of-the-art terawatt lasers, the primary laser scattering mechanisms in plasma include Forward Raman Scattering (FRS), excitation of plasma waves, and the self-modulational instability (SMI). Using 2D PIC simulations, we demonstrate the dominance of the FRS in the regime with medium-to-low density plasma and non-relativistic laser fields. However, the use of multi-colored lasers with frequency detuning exceeding the plasma frequency, $\Delta \omega >\omega_{\rm pe}$, suppresses the FRS. The laser power can then be transmitted efficiently.

K. V. Lezhnin, K. Qu, N. J. Fisch · 2020