Enhanced laser-energy coupling to dense plasmas driven by recirculating electron currents

Enhanced laser-energy coupling to dense plasmas driven by recirculating electron currents

The absorption of laser energy and dynamics of energetic electrons in dense plasma is fundamental to a range of intense laser-driven particle and radiation generation mechanisms. We measure the total reflected and scattered laser energy as a function of intensity, distinguishing between the influenc...

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Main Authors:	R J Gray, R Wilson, M King, S D R Williamson, R J Dance, C Armstrong, C Brabetz, F Wagner, B Zielbauer, V Bagnoud, D Neely, P McKenna
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:	New Journal of Physics
Subjects:	laser–plasma interactions laser absorption relativistic plasma
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aab089

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