"Single-cycle" ionization effects in laser-matter interaction
Plasma Physics
2009-11-06 v1 Atomic Physics
Optics
Abstract
We investigate numerically effects related to ``single-cycle'' ionization of dense matter by an ultra-short laser pulse. The strongly non-adiabatic response of electrons leads to generation of a megagauss steady magnetic field in laser-solid interaction. By using two-beam interference, it is possible to create periodic density structures able to trap light and to generate relativistic ionization fronts
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0002017,
title = {"Single-cycle" ionization effects in laser-matter interaction},
author = {E. Conejero Jarque and F. Cornolti and A. Macchi and H. Ruhl},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0002017},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
12 pages, 6 figures, to be published in Laser and Particle Beams