Sustained Comoving Acceleration of Overdense Plasmas by Colliding Laser Pulses
Plasma Physics
2015-06-26 v1
Abstract
We review recent PIC simulation results which show that double-sided irradiation of a thin over- dense plasma slab by ultra-intense laser pulses from both sides can lead to sustained comoving acceleration of surface electrons to energies much higher than the conventional ponderomotive limit. The acceleration stops only when the electrons drift transversely out of the laser beam. We show latest 2.5D results of parameter studies based on finite laser spot size and discuss future laser experiments that can be used to test these results.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0604159,
title = {Sustained Comoving Acceleration of Overdense Plasmas by Colliding Laser Pulses},
author = {Edison Liang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0604159},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
10 pages 7 figures to appear in ICFA Taipei Conference Proceedings, ed. Nakajima (World Scientific 2006)