Laser pulse propagation and enhanced energy coupling to fast electrons in dense plasma gradients

Laser pulse propagation and enhanced energy coupling to fast electrons in dense plasma gradients

Laser energy absorption to fast electrons during the interaction of an ultra-intense (10 ^20 W cm ^−2 ), picosecond laser pulse with a solid is investigated, experimentally and numerically, as a function of the plasma density scale length at the irradiated surface. It is shown that there is an optim...

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Main Authors: R J Gray, D C Carroll, X H Yuan, C M Brenner, M Burza, M Coury, K L Lancaster, X X Lin, Y T Li, D Neely, M N Quinn, O Tresca, C-G Wahlström, P McKenna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2014-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
Subjects:
laser–plasma interaction
laser pulse propagation
fast electron generation
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/16/11/113075

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