Layered structure in the interaction of thin foil with two laser pulses

Journal Article · Sat Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4867063· OSTI ID:22252003

Yu, Yahong; Shen, Baifei; Yu, Wei; Wang, Wenpeng; Zhang, Xiaomei; Ji, Liangliang; Zhao, Xueyan; Wang, Xiaofeng; Yi, Longqing; Shi, Yin; Xu, Tongjun; Zhang, Lingang ^[1]; Wen, Meng ^[2]

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1. State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800 (China)
2. Institute of Photonics and Photon-Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069 (China)

An interesting layered structure of multiple high density layers are formed when two counter-propagating circularly polarized laser pulses with the same polarization direction irradiate on an ultra-thin foil. This structure changes periodically. For light atoms most of which electrons may be fully ionized, this layered structure can keep for dozens of laser periods after the laser-foil interaction. This interesting structure may have potential applications.

• OSTI ID: 22252003
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 21, Issue 2; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ATOMS
ELECTRONS
FOILS
INTERACTIONS
LASERS
LAYERS
PERIODICITY
POLARIZATION
POTENTIALS
PULSES