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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Thanks for your message. The laser spot size is 20 um (ed_targetSemiAxisMajor_1 = 10e-04), and it seems the spot size can only be adjusted by this variable regardless of coordinates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">In my opinion, the variables with labeled “Z” represent the Y direction in the R-z geometry (cylindrical coordinates), while the variables with labeled “Y” are not used.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">However, in cartesian coordinates, the variables with labeled “Y” represent the Y direction, while the variables with labeled “Z” are not used. So I replaced the variables labeled “Z” in cylindrical
with “Y” in cartesian coordinates. Below is the laser parameter details in cartesian coordinates (variables labeled “Z” have been commented):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Could you please tell me how to give a correct conversion for laser parameters from 2D cylindrical to cartesian coordinates?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Thanks again for your help. I would appreciate any suggestions or help.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Subject: </b>Re: [FLASH-USERS] Significant difference was found in 2d LaserSlab simulation between in cylindrical and cartesian coordiates</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:24.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Microsoft YaHei",sans-serif">What's the laser spot size in your simulation? In 2D cartesian of FLASH, I remember that the length of laser spot in z-axis
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:break-all"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#232324">[FLASH-USERS] Significant difference was found in 2d LaserSlab simulation between in cylindrical and cartesian coordiates
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I am having a problem was the simulation in 2D cartesian based on LaserSlab. The
</span>“<span lang="EN-US">example.par</span>”<span lang="EN-US"> simulation in LaserSlab is in cylindrical coordiates. I</span>’<span lang="EN-US">d like to transfer this simulation to cartesian and hope to get similar results. However, the electron temperature
(Te) in cartesian is lower 1-2 order of magnitude compared to cylindrical (see attached pictures) at same laser spot size, pulse duration and energy. Could you please tell me the reason?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Because the 3D-in-2D ray trace algorithm can only be used in the cylindrical coordinate, the laser cross section was set to
</span>“<span lang="EN-US">gaussian1D</span>”<span lang="EN-US"> in cartesian. Then I think the laser power at a moment should be calculated by a single integral (shows below):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The laser energy was checked from the output file
</span>“<span lang="EN-US">lasslab_LaserEnergyProfile.dat</span>”<span lang="EN-US"> and was same with the setup in .par file. So I do not know why the Te in 2D cartesian was much lower than that in 2D cylindrical.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I would appreciate for your any help or suggestions. Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Yaoxing Wu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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