• DocumentCode
    2785356
  • Title

    Study of hot electron transportation in foils and wedge targets irradiated with ultrashort laser pulses

  • Author

    Cho, B. ; Osterholz, J. ; Dyer, G. ; Kneip, S. ; Symes, D. ; Bernstein, A. ; Ditmire, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Texas Center for High Intensity Laser Science, Department of Physics, University of Texas, Austin, 78712-0263, USA
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We investigated the hot electron transport in foil and wedge shaped targets irradiated with ultra-intense laser pulses. The results suggest that the electrons are guided by the strong quasi-static electromagnetic fields at the wedge boundary.
  • Keywords
    Aluminum; Electromagnetic fields; Electrons; Laser theory; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Surface emitting lasers; Transportation; X-ray imaging;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431194
  • Filename
    4431194