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    Design and Construction of Copper Bromide Laser

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Pasandideh, Kaveh (Author) ; Saddighi Bonabi, Rasoul (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    In this work, design and construction of copper vapor and Cu Br laser is explained. By special design of copper electrodes the average power from Cu laser system was increased more than 20% in comparison to the same system with expensive electrodes made from molybdenum. However, the basic goal of this work was the construction of CuBr laser. Based on the home made fast trigger unit for Hydrogen thyratron, operation of the manufactured system was possible up to 25 kHz. By using special designed copper electrodes very uniform operation of CuBr plasma diluted in Ne gas was observed. By tuning of the laser parameters such as gas pressure, exciting voltage and pulse repetition rate, from 9 Cm3 of... 

    Nonlinear Structure of Electromagnetic Wave Propagation of an Ultra-Short Laser Pulse in Under-Dense Magnetized Plasma

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Etehadi Abari, Mehdi (Author) ; Sadighi Bonabi, Rasool (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    In this work we studied the interaction of a high frequency electromagnetic wave in under relativistic and relativistic regims with a plasma taking into account of the ponderomotive fo per unit volume acting on plasma electrons.In under relativistic regim at first we assumed the plasma is collisionless, unmagnetized and non isothermal which occupying the semi - space Z 0 .We found the nonlinear differential equation for the electric field using theMaxwell and hydrodynamic equations.We obtain the profiles of the electric and magnetic fields in plasma and we see that the electron density oscillations appear highly peaked. Then in this regim a direct one dimensional (1D) procedure for... 

    Production of Relativistic Mono-Energetic Electron Beams by Using Terawatt and Femtosecond Laser Pulses

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Fanaei, Masoumeh (Author) ; Sadighi Bonabi, Rasoul (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    In general cases, the generated electron beam with interaction of high intense and ultra short laser with gas plasma targets has large distributed energy spectrum (100%) that is called Quasi-maxwellian energy spectrum. Recently, in some experimental and 3D-PIC simulation results, a narrow band electron energy spectrum has observed that is called Quasi-monoenergetic electron. We approximated that these electrons have Gaussian distribution. High quality quasi-monoenergetic electron beam can focus in small spot. Therefore, there are many applications such as medical applications, crystallography with electron scattering, spectroscopy with soft energy and ultra fast x-ray, photonuclear... 

    Conversion of Methane into Heaviour Hydrocarbons by Nanoparticles -assisted Nanosecond Laser Induced Plasma

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Jahed Samarin, Anahita (Author) ; Sadighi Bonabi, Rasoul (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    In this thesis, conversion of methane into heavier hydrocarbons was performed by nanoparticles-assisted nanosecond laser induced plasma. Nickel oxide nanoparticles was synthesized by sol-gel procedure and packed into a compact tablet after drying and used as a target in a two BK7 windows-camber with pressure of 1500 mbar. Methane was introduced to the chamber and two different nanosecond lasers namely, Nd:YAG (λ=1064 and 532 nm) and KrF (λ=248 nm) were radiated. Interaction of the gas with the plasma produced by metal nanoparticles and the thermionic emissions due to the inverse bremsstrahlung caused conversion of methane to the heavier hydrocarbons. These conversions can also promote by... 

    Hard X-Ray Generation from Copper by Ti-Sapphire Femto Second Laser Pulses

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Moazzezi, Mojtaba (Author) ; Sadighi Bonabi, Rasoul (Supervisor) ; Nikzad, Lida (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Using plasma cluster in fusion has attracted many attentions in recent year. In this work, generating of hard X-ray with energy more than 10 keVby Ti-sapphire laser, 100 fs pulses’ duration and focal intensity of more than 1014W/cm2 has been discussed. Due to significant enhancement of X-ray production from metal nanoplasma cluster, a reasonable theoretical model is needed to describe the more than 10-fold increment of X-ray generation. Hence, the present models have been studied and a proper model based on available experimental data, has been presented. The X-ray, which is produced through this way, can be used in Inertial Fusion Confinement (ICF). One of the major obstacles in ICF is... 

    Analysis of twisted laser beam focusing and defocusing in plasma

    , Article Physica Scripta ; Volume 88, Issue 3 , August , 2013 ; 00318949 (ISSN) Khamedi, M ; Bahrampour, A. R ; Sharif University of Technology
    2013
    Abstract
    Using the source dependent expansion method and paraxial approximation, the evolution of the beam spot size (BSS) in laser plasma interaction is investigated. Considering a collisionless mechanism, the self-focusing of a Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) light beam in a plasma medium is studied and the evolution of the BSS is solved analytically for the non-saturating nonlinearity state, and numerically for the saturating state. The self-focusing of a doughnut beam depends on the initial BSS, in which if the initial BSS gets bigger, the beam in the medium will be focused faster. We show that if the nonlinear effect of the plasma medium is saturated, the LG beam profile can remain stable and the BSS... 

    Improving the relativistic self-focusing of intense laser beam in plasma using density transition

    , Article Physics of Plasmas ; Volume 16, Issue 8 , 2009 ; 1070664X (ISSN) Sadighi Bonabi, R ; Habibi, M ; Yazdani, E ; Sharif University of Technology
    2009
    Abstract
    The propagation of a Gaussian beam in underdense plasma with upward increasing density ramp is analyzed. In this work are shown that the spot size oscillations of laser beam increases and its amplitude shrinks with proper plasma density ramp. This causes the laser beam to become more focused and penetrations deep into the plasma by reduction of diffraction effect. The related focusing parameters are optimized to get the best possible focusing at the relativistic threshold intensity of Nd-glass laser and the effect of the laser intensity in the self-focusing parameters is also investigated. The analytical calculations are presented and showed more reliable results in comparison to the... 

    An analytical model of plasma cavity for producing of quasi-monoenergetic electron in intense laser-plasma interaction

    , Article 34th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics 2007, EPS 2007, Warsaw, 2 July 2007 through 6 July 2007 ; Volume 31, Issue 3 , 2007 , Pages 1773-1776 ; 9781622763344 (ISBN) Zobdeh, P ; Sadighi Bonabi, R ; Afarideh, H ; Sharif University of Technology
    2007
    Abstract
    During the recent experiments and PIC simulations, quasi-monoenergetic for electron is observed [1, 2]. Forming the free of cold plasma electrons cavity behind the laser pulse is possible instead of periodic plasma wave and plasma channel guided method [3]. In this bubble cavity a dense bunch of relativistic electrons with a monoenergetic spectrum is self-generated [3].The profiles [3] and PIC simulation [4] show the ellipsoid shape cavity behind the laser pulse. In this work we present an analytical ellipsoid model and discuss how quasi-monoenergetic electron is produced in the bubble field  

    Electron trajectory evaluation in laser-plasma interaction for effective output beam

    , Article Chinese Physics B ; Volume 19, Issue 6 , 2010 ; 16741056 (ISSN) Zobdeh, P ; Sadighi Bonabi, R ; Afarideh, H ; Sharif University of Technology
    2010
    Abstract
    Using the ellipsoidal cavity model, the quasi-monoenergetic electron output beam in laser-plasma interaction is described. By the cavity regime the quality of electron beam is improved in comparison with those generated from other methods such as periodic plasma wave field, spheroidal cavity regime and plasma channel guided acceleration. Trajectory of electron motion is described as hyperbolic, parabolic or elliptic paths. We find that the self-generated electron bunch has a smaller energy width and more effective gain in energy spectrum. Initial condition for the ellipsoidal cavity is determined by laser-plasma parameters. The electron trajectory is influenced by its position, energy and... 

    The effects of circularly polarized laser pulse on generated electron nano-bunches in oscillating mirror model

    , Article Laser and Particle Beams ; Vol. 32, Issue. 2 , June , 2014 , pp. 285-293 ; ISSN: 02630346 Shirozhan, M ; Moshkelgosha, M ; Sadighi Bonabi, R ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    The effects of the polarized incident laser pulse on the electrons of the plasma surface and on the reflected pulse in the relativistic laser-plasma interaction is investigated. Based on the relativistic oscillating mirror and totally reflecting oscillating mirror (TROM) regimes, the interaction of the intense polarized laser pulses with over-dense plasma is considered. Based on the effect of ponderomotive force on the characteristic of generated electron nano-bunches, considerable increasing in the localization and charges of nano-bunches are realized. It is found that the circularly polarized laser pulse have N e/N cr of 1500 which is almost two and seven times more than the amounts for... 

    Generating the optimum self-focusing in the relativistic laser-plasma interaction

    , Article IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science ; Volume 41, Issue 5 , 2013 , Pages 1570-1574 ; 00933813 (ISSN) Moshkelgosha, M ; Sadighi Bonabi, R ; Sharif University of Technology
    2013
    Abstract
    In this paper, the effect of basic parameters of laser and plasma on controlling self-focusing is investigated, and based on the introduced effective parameter for self-focusing (EPSF), the effects of laser wavelength, the initial spot size of laser beam, the initial intensity of laser, and the plasma electron density on self-focusing are discussed. It is found that the relativistic self-focusing strongly depend on the laser wavelength and the beam intensity. The nonlinear effect of beam intensity on the introduced parameter EPSF indicates that after an increasing region for focusing, the self-focusing effect decreases at ultrarelativistic intensities. The effect of the initial beam spot... 

    Generation of various carbon nanostructures in water using IR/UV laser ablation

    , Article Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics ; Volume 46, Issue 16 , March , 2013 ; 00223727 (ISSN) Mortazavi, S. Z ; Parvin, P ; Reyhani, A ; Mirershadi, S ; Sadighi Bonabi, R ; Sharif University of Technology
    2013
    Abstract
    A wide variety of carbon nanostructures were generated by a Q-switched Nd : YAG laser (1064 nm) while mostly nanodiamonds were created by an ArF excimer laser (193 nm) in deionized water. They were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. It was found that the IR laser affected the morphology and structure of the nanostructures due to the higher inverse bremsstrahlung absorption rate within the plasma plume with respect to the UV laser. Moreover, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy was carried out so that the plasma created by the IR laser was more energetic than that generated by the UV laser  

    Resonant second harmonic generation in plasma by self-focused twisted beam

    , Article Optics Communications ; Volume 341 , April , 2015 , Pages 295-301 ; 00304018 (ISSN) Vaziri, M ; Sohailya, S ; Bahrampour, A ; Sharif University of Technology
    Elsevier  2015
    Abstract
    The resonant second harmonic generation in the presence of a wiggler magnetic field by twisted laser plasma interaction is surveyed. The wiggler magnetic field provides additional momentum required for the phase matching. The Laguerre-Gaussian modes can be used to control the self-focusing and improve the second harmonic generation in laser plasma interaction. The wave equations for the fundamental and the second harmonic fields have been solved in the paraxial approximation. The generation of the second harmonic considering self-focusing is investigated. Also, the dependence of the second harmonic power on the propagation distance for different values of initial fundamental beam intensity,... 

    A complete accounting of the monoenergetic electron parameters in an ellipsoidal bubble model

    , Article Physics of Plasmas ; Volume 17, Issue 3 , 2010 ; 1070664X (ISSN) Sadighi Bonabi, R ; Rahmatollahpur, S ; Sharif University of Technology
    2010
    Abstract
    A reliable analytical expression for the potential of plasma waves with phase velocities near the speed of light is derived. The presented ellipsoid cavity model is more consistent than the previous spherical model and it explains the monoenergetic electron trajectory more accurately especially in the relativistic regime. The electron energy spectrum is also calculated and it is found that the energy distribution ratio of electrons ΔE/E for the ellipsoid model in the here reported condition is about 10%, which is less than half that of the spherical model (25%) and it is in good agreement with the experimentally measured value of 12% under the same condition. The experimental measurements... 

    Generation of plasma blocks accelerated by nonlinear forces from ultraviolet KrF laser pulses for fast ignition

    , Article Laser and Particle Beams ; Volume 28, Issue 1 , 2010 , Pages 101-107 ; 02630346 (ISSN) Sadighi Bonabi, R ; Hora, H ; Riazi, Z ; Yazdani, E ; Sadighi, S. K ; Sharif University of Technology
    2010
    Abstract
    Here we report on the production of highly directed ion blocks by plasma interaction of ultraviolet wavelength light produced from a KrF laser. This may support the requirement to produce a fast ignition deuterium-tritium fusion at densities not much higher than the solid state by a single shot petawatt-picoseconds ultraviolet laser pulse. Using double Rayleigh initial density profiles, we are studying numerically how the nonlinear force necessary to accelerate plasma blocks may reach the highest possible thickness. Propagation of plasma blocks and the volumetric hot electrons can be shown in detail. Results of computations for wavelengths of two lasers are compared, which show that the... 

    Nonlinear interaction of intense hypergeometric Gaussian subfamily laser beams in plasma

    , Article Optics and Laser Technology ; Volume 81 , 2016 , Pages 40-45 ; 00303992 (ISSN) Sobhani, H ; Vaziri, M. (Khamedi) ; Rooholamininejad, H ; Bahrampour, A. R ; Sharif University of Technology
    Elsevier Ltd 
    Abstract
    Propagation of Hypergeometric-Gaussian laser beam in a nonlinear plasma medium is investigated by considering the Source Dependent Expansion method. A subfamily of Hypergeometric-Gaussian beams with a non-negative, even and integer radial index, can be expressed as the linear superposition of finite number of Laguerre-Gaussian functions. Propagation of Hypergeometric-Gaussian beams in a nonlinear plasma medium depends on the value of radial index. The bright rings' number of these beams is changed during the propagation in plasma medium. The effect of beam vortex charge number l and initial (input) beam intensity on the self-focusing of Hypergeometric-Gaussian beams is explored. Also, by... 

    The effect of shear flow and the density gradient on the Weibel instability growth rate in the dense plasma

    , Article Physics of Plasmas ; Volume 25, Issue 2 , February , 2018 ; 1070664X (ISSN) Amininasab, S ; Sadighi Bonabi, R ; Khodadadi Azadboni, F ; Sharif University of Technology
    American Institute of Physics Inc  2018
    Abstract
    Shear stress effect has been often neglected in calculation of the Weibel instability growth rate in laser-plasma interactions. In the present work, the role of the shear stress in the Weibel instability growth rate in the dense plasma with density gradient is explored. By increasing the density gradient, the shear stress threshold is increasing and the range of the propagation angles of growing modes is limited. Therefore, by increasing steps of the density gradient plasma near the relativistic electron beam-emitting region, the Weibel instability occurs at a higher stress flow. Calculations show that the minimum value of the stress rate threshold for linear polarization is greater than... 

    New ellipsoid cavity model for high-intensity laser-plasma interaction

    , Article Plasma Devices and Operations ; Volume 16, Issue 2 , 2008 , Pages 105-114 ; 10519998 (ISSN) Zobdeh, P ; Sadighi Bonabi, R ; Afarideh, H ; Sharif University of Technology
    2008
    Abstract
    In this work we present an ellipsoid cavity regime for the production of a bunch of quasi-monoenergetic electrons. The electron output beam is more effective than the periodic plasma wave method or the plasma-channel-guided method. A hyperbola, parabola or ellipsoid path is described for the electron trajectory motion in this model. A dense bunch of relativistic electrons with a quasi-monoenergetic spectrum is self-generated here. The obtained results show a smaller width for the electron energy spectrum in comparison with the previous results. We found that there are optimum conditions to form the ellipsoid cavity. Laser beam properties (such as the spot size, power and pulse duration) and... 

    Layers from initial Rayleigh density profiles by directed nonlinear force driven plasma blocks for alternative fast ignition

    , Article Laser and Particle Beams ; Volume 27, Issue 1 , 2009 , Pages 149-156 ; 02630346 (ISSN) Yazdani, E ; Cang, Y ; Sadighi Bonabi, R ; Hora, H ; Osman, F ; Sharif University of Technology
    2009
    Abstract
    Measurement of extremely new phenomena during the interaction of laser pulses with terawatt and higher power and picoseconds with plasmas arrived at drastically different anomalies in contrast to the usual observations if the laser pulses were very clean with a contrast ratio higher than 108. This was guaranteed by the suppression of prepulses during less than dozens of ps before the arrival of the main pulse resulting in the suppression of relativistic self-focusing. This anomaly was confirmed in many experimental details, and explained and numerically reproduced as a nonlinear force acceleration of skin layers generating quasi-neutral plasma blocks with ion current densities above 1011...