Enhanced hot-electron localization and heating in high-contrast ultraintense laser irradiation of microcone targets

J. Rassuchine; E. D'Humières; S. D. Baton; P. Guillou; M. Koenig; M. Chahid; F. Perez; J. Fuchs; P. Audebert; R. Kodama; M. Nakatsutsumi; N. Ozaki; D. Batani; A. Morace; R. Redaelli; L. Gremillet; C. Rousseaux; F. Dorchies; C. Fourment; J. J. Santos; J. Adams; G. Korgan; S. Malekos; S. B. Hansen; R. Shepherd; K. Flippo; S. Gaillard; Y. Sentoku; T. E. Cowan

doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.79.036408

Enhanced hot-electron localization and heating in high-contrast ultraintense laser irradiation of microcone targets

J. Rassuchine
, E. D'Humières
, S. D. Baton
, P. Guillou
, M. Koenig
, M. Chahid
, F. Perez
, J. Fuchs
, P. Audebert
, R. Kodama
, M. Nakatsutsumi
, N. Ozaki
, D. Batani
, A. Morace
, R. Redaelli
, L. Gremillet
, C. Rousseaux
, F. Dorchies
, C. Fourment
, J. J. Santos

J. Adams, G. Korgan, S. Malekos, S. B. Hansen, R. Shepherd, K. Flippo, S. Gaillard, Y. Sentoku, T. E. Cowan

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Abstract

We report experiments demonstrating enhanced coupling efficiencies of high-contrast laser irradiation to nanofabricated conical targets. Peak temperatures near 200 eV are observed with modest laser energy (10 J), revealing similar hot-electron localization and material heating to reduced mass targets (RMTs), despite having a significantly larger mass. Collisional particle-in-cell simulations attribute the enhancement to self-generated resistive (∼10 MG) magnetic fields forming within the curvature of the cone wall, which confine energetic electrons to heat a reduced volume at the tip. This represents a different electron confinement mechanism (magnetic, as opposed to electrostatic sheath confinement in RMTs) controllable by target shape.

Original language	English
Article number	036408
Journal	Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Volume	79
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.79.036408
Publication status	Published - 3 Mar 2009

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Rassuchine, J., D'Humières, E., Baton, S. D., Guillou, P., Koenig, M., Chahid, M., Perez, F., Fuchs, J., Audebert, P., Kodama, R., Nakatsutsumi, M., Ozaki, N., Batani, D., Morace, A., Redaelli, R., Gremillet, L., Rousseaux, C., Dorchies, F., Fourment, C., ... Cowan, T. E. (2009). Enhanced hot-electron localization and heating in high-contrast ultraintense laser irradiation of microcone targets. Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 79(3), Article 036408. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.79.036408

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