Coherent kilo-electron-volt backscattering from plasma-wave boosted relativistic electron mirrors

Journal Article · Mon Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4899136· OSTI ID:22350937

Li, F. Y.; Liu, Y.; Zhang, J. ^[1]; Wu, H. C. ^[2]; Meyer-ter-Vehn, J. ^[3]; Mori, W. B. ^[4]

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1. Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (Ministry of Education) and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240 (China)
2. Institute for Fusion Theory and Simulation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027 (China)
3. Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, D-85748 Garching (Germany)
4. University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1547 (United States)

A different parameter regime of laser wakefield acceleration driven by sub-petawatt femtosecond lasers is proposed, which enables the generation of relativistic electron mirrors further accelerated by the plasma wave. Integrated particle-in-cell simulation, including both the mirror formation and Thomson scattering, demonstrates that efficient coherent backscattering up to keV photon energy can be obtained with moderate driving laser intensities and high density gas targets.

• OSTI ID: 22350937
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 16; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ACCELERATION
BACKSCATTERING
DENSITY
ELECTRONS
KEV RANGE
LASER RADIATION
MIRRORS
PHOTONS
PLASMA WAVES
RELATIVISTIC RANGE
SIMULATION
THOMSON SCATTERING