DocumentCode
474719
Title
Observation of hot electron beams in intense laser-solid interactions characterized with coherent transition radiation
Author
Cho, B.I. ; Osterholz, J. ; Bernstein, A.C. ; Dyer, G.M. ; Ditmire, T.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX
fYear
2008
fDate
4-9 May 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Coherent transition radiation was observed from aluminum foils irradiated by an ultra-intense laser. Comparison of experiments and theoretical calculations indicated two streams of hot electron micro-pulses were generated by resonance absorption and jtimesB heating.
Keywords
aluminium; high-speed optical techniques; hot carriers; laser beam effects; Al; aluminum foils; coherent transition radiation; hot electron micropulses; intense laser-solid interactions; resonance absorption; ultraintense laser; Absorption; Aluminum; Electron beams; Heating; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Optical filters; Plasma confinement; Resonance; X-ray lasers; (140.7090) Ultrafast lasers; (350.5400) Plasmas;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-859-9
Type
conf
Filename
4572637
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