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 :
Univ. of Texas, Austin
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 :
foils; laser beam effects; hot electron transportation; strong quasi-static electromagnetic fields; ultrashort laser pulses irradiation; wedge targets; Aluminum; Electromagnetic fields; Electrons; Laser theory; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Surface emitting lasers; Transportation; X-ray imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453417
