Ionization-assisted relativistic electron generation with monoenergetic features from laser thin foil interaction

Journal Article · Wed Jul 11 00:00:00 EDT 2012 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4737550· OSTI ID:22069063

Glazyrin, I V; Karpeev, A V; Kotova, O G; Bychenkov, V Yu; Fedosejevs, R; Rozmus, W ^[1]

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1. Russian Federal Nuclear Center - E.I.Zababakhin Institute of Technical Physics, Snezhinsk, Chelyabinsk Region 456770 (Russian Federation)

The concept of ionization-induced injection into the laser pulse to produce quasi-monoenergetic bunches of electrons from ultra-thin solid dense targets is analyzed. When the laser pulse propagates through semi-transparent foil the electrons from inner atom shells remain bound during the rise time of the laser pulse and are ionized by the laser intensity near its maximum amplitude, which satisfies the best injection condition for subsequent acceleration. It was found that a bunch of quasimonoenergetic electrons from inner atom shells moves co-directionally with laser pulse and acquire energy {approx}m{sub e}c{sup 2}a{sup 2}/2.

• OSTI ID: 22069063
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1465, Issue 1; Conference: 3. international symposium on laser-driven relativistic plasmas applied to science, energy, industry, and medicine, Kyoto (Japan), 30 May - 2 Jun 2011; Other Information: (c) 2012 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ACCELERATION
BEAM BUNCHING
BEAM PRODUCTION
ELECTRON BEAMS
FOILS
IONIZATION
LASER TARGETS
LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA
LIGHT TRANSMISSION
PHOTON-ELECTRON COLLISIONS
PLASMA DENSITY
RELATIVISTIC PLASMA
THIN FILMS