Microengineering laser plasma interactions at relativistic intensities
Plasma Physics
2016-03-02 v1
Abstract
We report on the first successful proof-of-principle experiment to manipulate laser-matter interactions on the microscale using highly ordered Si microwire arrays. The interaction of a high contrast short pulse laser with a flat target via periodic Si microwires yields a substantial enhancement in both total and cut-off energies of the produced electron beam. The self generated electric and magnetic fields behave as an electromagnetic lens that confines and guides electrons between the microwires as they acquire relativistic energies via direct laser acceleration (DLA).
Cite
@article{arxiv.1509.04951,
title = {Microengineering laser plasma interactions at relativistic intensities},
author = {S. Jiang and L. L. Ji and H. Audesirk and K. M. George and J. Snyder and A. Krygier and N. S. Lewis and D. W. Schumacher and A. Pukhov and R. R. Freeman and K. U. Akli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.04951},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
5 pages, 3 figures