The production of high-energy electrons from the interaction of an intense laser pulse with an underdense plasma

Z. Najmudin; K. Krushelnick; E. L. Clark; D. J. Colling; M. Tatarakis; A. Modena; A. E. Dangor; J. Faure; V. Malka; D. Gordon; C. Joshi

doi:10.1080/09500340308233558

The production of high-energy electrons from the interaction of an intense laser pulse with an underdense plasma

Z. Najmudin
, K. Krushelnick
, E. L. Clark
, D. J. Colling
, M. Tatarakis
, A. Modena
, A. E. Dangor
, J. Faure
, V. Malka
, D. Gordon
, C. Joshi

Imperial College London
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
Naval Research Laboratory

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The interaction of an intense laser pulse (intensity, greater than 10¹⁹ Wcm⁻²) has been studied with underdense deuterium plasmas. The laser pulse is found to be self-modulated at the plasma frequency by the Raman forward-scatter instability. Wave breaking of the resulting plasma wave causes high-energy electrons to be accelerated beyond 100MeV.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	673-681
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Modern Optics
Volume	50-3
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09500340308233558
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2003

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