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Experimental observations of transport of picosecond laser generated electrons in a nail-like target

  • J. Pasley
  • , M. Wei
  • , E. Shipton
  • , S. Chen
  • , T. Ma
  • , F. N. Beg
  • , N. Alexander
  • , R. Stephens
  • , A. G. MacPhee
  • , D. Hey
  • , S. Le Pape
  • , P. Patel
  • , A. MacKinnon
  • , M. Key
  • , D. Offermann
  • , A. Link
  • , E. Chowdhury
  • , L. Van-Woerkom
  • , R. R. Freeman
  • University of California, San Diego
  • General Atomics
  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • University of California, Davis
  • The Ohio State University

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Résumé

The transport of relativistic electrons, generated by the interaction of a high intensity (2× 1020 W cm2) laser, has been studied in a nail-like target comprised of a 20 μm diameter solid copper wire, coated with ∼2 μm of titanium, with an 80 μm diameter hemispherical termination. A ∼500 fs, ∼200 J pulse of 1.053 μm laser light produced by the Titan Laser at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was focused to a ∼20 μm diameter spot centered on the flat face of the hemisphere. Kα fluorescence from the Cu and Ti regions was imaged together with extreme ultraviolet (XUV) emission at 68 and 256 eV. Results showed a quasiexponential decline in Kα emission along the wire over a distance of a few hundred microns from the laser focus, consistent with bulk Ohmic inhibition of the relativistic electron transport. Weaker Kα and XUV emission on a longer scale length showed limb brightening suggesting a transition to enhanced transport at the surface of the wire.

langue originaleAnglais
Numéro d'article120701
journalPhysics of Plasmas
Volume14
Numéro de publication12
Les DOIs
étatPublié - 1 déc. 2007
Modification externeOui

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