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

Li, F. Y.; Liu, Y.; Zhang, J.; Wu, H. C.; Meyer-ter-Vehn, J.; Mori, W. B.

doi:10.1063/1.4899136

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

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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.

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

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

Publication Date:: Mon Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2014

OSTI Identifier:: 22350937

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Applied Physics Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 105; Journal Issue: 16; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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

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                    Li, F. Y., Chen, M., E-mail: minchen@sjtu.edu.cn, Liu, Y., Zhang, J., Sheng, Z. M., E-mail: zhengming.sheng@strath.ac.uk, E-mail: zmsheng@sjtu.edu.cn, SUPA, Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, Wu, H. C., Meyer-ter-Vehn, J., and Mori, W. B. Coherent kilo-electron-volt backscattering from plasma-wave boosted relativistic electron mirrors.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
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                    Li, F. Y., Chen, M., E-mail: minchen@sjtu.edu.cn, Liu, Y., Zhang, J., Sheng, Z. M., E-mail: zhengming.sheng@strath.ac.uk, E-mail: zmsheng@sjtu.edu.cn, SUPA, Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, Wu, H. C., Meyer-ter-Vehn, J., & Mori, W. B. Coherent kilo-electron-volt backscattering from plasma-wave boosted relativistic electron mirrors.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4899136

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                    Li, F. Y., Chen, M., E-mail: minchen@sjtu.edu.cn, Liu, Y., Zhang, J., Sheng, Z. M., E-mail: zhengming.sheng@strath.ac.uk, E-mail: zmsheng@sjtu.edu.cn, SUPA, Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, Wu, H. C., Meyer-ter-Vehn, J., and Mori, W. B. 2014.  
        "Coherent kilo-electron-volt backscattering from plasma-wave boosted relativistic electron mirrors".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4899136.

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@article{osti_22350937,

  title        = {Coherent kilo-electron-volt backscattering from plasma-wave boosted relativistic electron mirrors},

  author       = {Li, F. Y. and Chen, M., E-mail: minchen@sjtu.edu.cn and Liu, Y. and Zhang, J. and Sheng, Z. M., E-mail: zhengming.sheng@strath.ac.uk, E-mail: zmsheng@sjtu.edu.cn and SUPA, Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG and Wu, H. C. and Meyer-ter-Vehn, J. and Mori, W. B.},

  abstractNote = {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.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.4899136},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22350937},
  journal      = {Applied Physics Letters},

  issn         = {0003-6951},

  number       = 16,

  volume       = 105,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2014},

  month        = {Mon Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2014}

}

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