IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/natcom/v15y2024i1d10.1038_s41467-024-49569-3.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

All-optical steering on the proton emission in laser-induced nanoplasmas

Author

Listed:
  • Fenghao Sun

    (East China Normal University
    Harbin Institute of Technology)

  • Qiwen Qu

    (East China Normal University)

  • Hui Li

    (East China Normal University)

  • Shicheng Jiang

    (East China Normal University)

  • Qingcao Liu

    (Harbin Institute of Technology)

  • Shuai Ben

    (Hainan University)

  • Yu Pei

    (Hainan University)

  • Jiaying Liang

    (Hainan University)

  • Jiawei Wang

    (East China Normal University)

  • Shanshan Song

    (East China Normal University)

  • Jian Gao

    (East China Normal University)

  • Weifeng Yang

    (Hainan University
    Hainan University)

  • Hongxing Xu

    (East China Normal University)

  • Jian Wu

    (East China Normal University
    Chongqing Institute of East China Normal University
    Shanxi University)

Abstract

Nanoplasmas induced by intense laser fields have attracted enormous attention due to their accompanied spectacular physical phenomena which are vigorously expected by the community of science and industry. For instance, the energetic electrons and ions produced in laser-driven nanoplasmas are significant for the development of compact beam sources. Nevertheless, effective confinement on the propagating charged particles, which was realized through magnetic field modulation and target structure design in big facilities, are largely absent in the microscopic regime. Here we introduce a reliable scheme to provide control on the emission direction of protons generated from surface ionization in gold nanoparticles driven by intense femtosecond laser fields. The ionization level of the nanosystem provides us a knob to manipulate the characteristics of the collective proton emission. The most probable emission direction can be precisely steered by tuning the excitation strength of the laser pulses. This work opens new avenue for controlling the ion emission in nanoplasmas and can vigorously promote the fields such as development of on-chip beam sources at micro-/nano-scales.

Suggested Citation

  • Fenghao Sun & Qiwen Qu & Hui Li & Shicheng Jiang & Qingcao Liu & Shuai Ben & Yu Pei & Jiaying Liang & Jiawei Wang & Shanshan Song & Jian Gao & Weifeng Yang & Hongxing Xu & Jian Wu, 2024. "All-optical steering on the proton emission in laser-induced nanoplasmas," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-7, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-49569-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49569-3
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-49569-3
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/s41467-024-49569-3?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Niclas S. Mueller & Yu Okamura & Bruno G. M. Vieira & Sabrina Juergensen & Holger Lange & Eduardo B. Barros & Florian Schulz & Stephanie Reich, 2020. "Deep strong light–matter coupling in plasmonic nanoparticle crystals," Nature, Nature, vol. 583(7818), pages 780-784, July.
    2. Mohammad Samizadeh Nikoo & Armin Jafari & Nirmana Perera & Minghua Zhu & Giovanni Santoruvo & Elison Matioli, 2020. "Publisher Correction: Nanoplasma-enabled picosecond switches for ultrafast electronics," Nature, Nature, vol. 580(7803), pages 8-8, April.
    3. Mohammad Samizadeh Nikoo & Armin Jafari & Nirmana Perera & Minghua Zhu & Giovanni Santoruvo & Elison Matioli, 2020. "Nanoplasma-enabled picosecond switches for ultrafast electronics," Nature, Nature, vol. 579(7800), pages 534-539, March.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Baheej Bathish & Raanan Gad & Fan Cheng & Kristoffer Karlsson & Ramgopal Madugani & Mark Douvidzon & Síle Nic Chormaic & Tal Carmon, 2023. "Absorption-induced transmission in plasma microphotonics," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-7, December.
    2. María Barra-Burillo & Unai Muniain & Sara Catalano & Marta Autore & Fèlix Casanova & Luis E. Hueso & Javier Aizpurua & Ruben Esteban & Rainer Hillenbrand, 2021. "Microcavity phonon polaritons from the weak to the ultrastrong phonon–photon coupling regime," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-9, December.
    3. Joshua Mornhinweg & Laura Katharina Diebel & Maike Halbhuber & Michael Prager & Josef Riepl & Tobias Inzenhofer & Dominique Bougeard & Rupert Huber & Christoph Lange, 2024. "Mode-multiplexing deep-strong light-matter coupling," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-8, December.
    4. Tingting Wu & Chongwu Wang & Guangwei Hu & Zhixun Wang & Jiaxin Zhao & Zhe Wang & Ksenia Chaykun & Lin Liu & Mengxiao Chen & Dong Li & Song Zhu & Qihua Xiong & Zexiang Shen & Huajian Gao & Francisco J, 2024. "Ultrastrong exciton-plasmon couplings in WS2 multilayers synthesized with a random multi-singular metasurface at room temperature," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-9, December.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-49569-3. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.