• 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