Collimated quasi-monochromatic beams of accelerated electrons in the interaction of a weak-contrast intense femtosecond laser pulse with a metal foil

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摘要 Wedemonstratedexperimentallytheformationofmonoenergeticbeamsofacceleratedelectronsbyfocusingfemtosecondlaserradiationwithanintensityof2×1017W/cm2ontotheedgeofanaluminumfoil.Theelectronshadenergydistributionspeakinginthe0.2–0.8MeVrangewithenergyspreadlessthan20%.Theaccelerationmechanismrelatedtothegenerationofaplasmawaveasaresultofself-modulationinstabilityofalaserpulseinadenseplasmaformedbyaprepulse(arriving12nsbeforethemainpulse)isconsidered.One-dimensionalandtwo-dimensionalParticleinCell(PIC)simulationsofthelaser–plasmainteractionshowedthateffectiveexcitationofaplasmawaveaswellastrappingandaccelerationofanelectronbeamwithanenergyontheorderof1MeVmayoccurinthepresenceofsharpgradientsinplasmadensityandinthetemporalshapeofthepulse.
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出版日期 2013年02月12日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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