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Title: The sources of super-high energetic electron at relativistic circularly-polarized laser-solid interactions in the presence of large scale pre-plasmas

Abstract

Here, the two stage electron acceleration model is extended to investigate the sources of super-hot electrons at intense circularly polarized (CP) laser solid interactions. It is found that in the presence of large scale pre-formed plasmas, super-high energetic electrons can be generated. For laser of intensity 1020 W/cm2 and pre-plasma of scale-length 10 μm, the cut-off energy of electrons by CP laser can be as high as 120 MeV compared with 100 MeV by linearly polarized laser. This unexpected acceleration can be also explained by the two-stage acceleration model. The envelop modulation of reflected CP laser is figured out, and a modified scaling law of the maximal-possible energy gain when including the modulation effect is obtained.

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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai (China)
  2. Univ. of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1465376
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1337434
Grant/Contract Number:  
NA0001858
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 23; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY

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Wu, D., Krasheninnikov, S. I., Luan, S. X., and Yu, W.. The sources of super-high energetic electron at relativistic circularly-polarized laser-solid interactions in the presence of large scale pre-plasmas. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4972539.
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Wu, D., Krasheninnikov, S. I., Luan, S. X., & Yu, W.. The sources of super-high energetic electron at relativistic circularly-polarized laser-solid interactions in the presence of large scale pre-plasmas. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4972539
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Wu, D., Krasheninnikov, S. I., Luan, S. X., and Yu, W.. Thu . "The sources of super-high energetic electron at relativistic circularly-polarized laser-solid interactions in the presence of large scale pre-plasmas". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4972539. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1465376.
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@article{osti_1465376,
title = {The sources of super-high energetic electron at relativistic circularly-polarized laser-solid interactions in the presence of large scale pre-plasmas},
author = {Wu, D. and Krasheninnikov, S. I. and Luan, S. X. and Yu, W.},
abstractNote = {Here, the two stage electron acceleration model is extended to investigate the sources of super-hot electrons at intense circularly polarized (CP) laser solid interactions. It is found that in the presence of large scale pre-formed plasmas, super-high energetic electrons can be generated. For laser of intensity 1020 W/cm2 and pre-plasma of scale-length 10 μm, the cut-off energy of electrons by CP laser can be as high as 120 MeV compared with 100 MeV by linearly polarized laser. This unexpected acceleration can be also explained by the two-stage acceleration model. The envelop modulation of reflected CP laser is figured out, and a modified scaling law of the maximal-possible energy gain when including the modulation effect is obtained.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4972539},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
number = 12,
volume = 23,
place = {United States},
year = {2016},
month = {12}
}
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