Ultrafast charge dynamics initiated by high-intensity, ultrashort laser-matter interaction

Marco Borghesi; Lorenzo Romagnani; Satyabrata Kar; Toma Toncian; Patrizio Antici; Patrick Audebert; Erik Brambrink; Francesco Ceccherini; Carlo A. Cecchetti; Julien Fuchs; Marco Galimberti; Leonida A. Gizzi; Thomas Grismayer; Ralph Jung; Andrea MacChi; Patrick Mora; Jens Osterholtz; Angelo Schiavi; Oswald Willi

doi:10.1063/1.2195211

Ultrafast charge dynamics initiated by high-intensity, ultrashort laser-matter interaction

Marco Borghesi
, Lorenzo Romagnani
, Satyabrata Kar
, Toma Toncian
, Patrizio Antici
, Patrick Audebert
, Erik Brambrink
, Francesco Ceccherini
, Carlo A. Cecchetti
, Julien Fuchs
, Marco Galimberti
, Leonida A. Gizzi
, Thomas Grismayer
, Ralph Jung
, Andrea MacChi
, Patrick Mora
, Jens Osterholtz
, Angelo Schiavi
, Oswald Willi

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Abstract

The interaction of high-intensity laser pulses with matter releases instantaneously ultra-large currents of highly energetic electrons, leading to the generation of highly-transient, large-amplitude electric and magnetic fields. We report results of recent experiment in which such charge dynamics have been studied by using proton probing techniques able to provide maps of the electrostatic fields with high spatial and temporal resolution. The dynamics of ponderomotive channelling in underdense plasmas have been studied in this way, as also the processes of Debye sheath formation and MeV ion front expansion at the rear of laser-irradiated thin metallic foils. An application employing laser-driven impulsive fields for energy-selective ion beam focusing is also presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SUPERSTRONG FIELDS IN PLASMAS
Subtitle of host publication	3rd International Conference on Superstrong Fields in Plasmas
Pages	191-202
Number of pages	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2195211
Publication status	Published - 7 Apr 2006
Event	3rd International Conference on Superstrong Fields in Plasmas - Varenna, Italy Duration: 19 Sept 2005 → 24 Sept 2005

Publication series

Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	827
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

Conference

Conference	3rd International Conference on Superstrong Fields in Plasmas
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Varenna
Period	19/09/05 → 24/09/05

Keywords

High-intensity laser-matter interaction
Hot electron dynamics
Ion acceleration
Ion focusing
Proton probing

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Borghesi, M., Romagnani, L., Kar, S., Toncian, T., Antici, P., Audebert, P., Brambrink, E., Ceccherini, F., Cecchetti, C. A., Fuchs, J., Galimberti, M., Gizzi, L. A., Grismayer, T., Jung, R., MacChi, A., Mora, P., Osterholtz, J., Schiavi, A., & Willi, O. (2006). Ultrafast charge dynamics initiated by high-intensity, ultrashort laser-matter interaction. In SUPERSTRONG FIELDS IN PLASMAS: 3rd International Conference on Superstrong Fields in Plasmas (pp. 191-202). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 827). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2195211

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Borghesi, M, Romagnani, L, Kar, S, Toncian, T, Antici, P, Audebert, P, Brambrink, E, Ceccherini, F, Cecchetti, CA, Fuchs, J, Galimberti, M, Gizzi, LA, Grismayer, T, Jung, R, MacChi, A, Mora, P, Osterholtz, J, Schiavi, A & Willi, O 2006, Ultrafast charge dynamics initiated by high-intensity, ultrashort laser-matter interaction. in SUPERSTRONG FIELDS IN PLASMAS: 3rd International Conference on Superstrong Fields in Plasmas. AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 827, pp. 191-202, 3rd International Conference on Superstrong Fields in Plasmas, Varenna, Italy, 19/09/05. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2195211

Ultrafast charge dynamics initiated by high-intensity, ultrashort laser-matter interaction. / Borghesi, Marco; Romagnani, Lorenzo; Kar, Satyabrata et al.
SUPERSTRONG FIELDS IN PLASMAS: 3rd International Conference on Superstrong Fields in Plasmas. 2006. p. 191-202 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 827).

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Ultrafast charge dynamics initiated by high-intensity, ultrashort laser-matter interaction

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