Electron acceleration by a nonlinear wakefield generated by ultrashort ( 23 − fs ) high-peak-power laser pulses in plasma

2005; American Physical Society; Volume: 71; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1103/physreve.71.015403

ISSN

1550-2376

Autores

M. Kando, S. Masuda, Alexei Zhidkov, A. Yamazaki, H. Kotaki, S. Kondo, Takayuki Homma, Shuhei Kanazawa, Kazuhisa Nakajima, Y. Hayashi, M. Mori, Hiromitsu Kiriyama, Y. Akahane, Norihiro Inoue, Hiroshi Ueda, Y. Nakai, K. Tsuji, Yoichi Yamamoto, K. Yamakawa, James Koga, Tomonao Hosokai, Mitsuru Uesaka, T. Tajima,

Tópico(s)

Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma

Resumo

We study experimentally the interaction of the shortest at present (23-fs) , relativistically intense (20-TW), tightly focused laser pulses with underdense plasma. MeV electrons constitute a two-temperature distribution due to different plasma wave-breaking processes at a plasma density of 10(20) cm(-3). These two groups of electrons are shown numerically to constitute bunches with very distinctive time durations.

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