2013/10/18 by Sergei V. Bulanov, Timur Zh. Esirkepov, Masaki Kando +3
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena #FOIL method #Field (mathematics) #Harmonic #High harmonic generation #Laser #Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics #Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma #Nonlinear system #Plasma #Range (aeronautics) #physics.plasm-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/1.4848758
14 pages, 15 figures
arxiv created 2013/10/18 · openalex publication_date 2013/12/01 · arxiv updated 2015/06/17 · openalex created_date 2017/10/20 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
When ions are accelerated by the radiation pressure of a laser pulse, their velocity cannot exceed the pulse group velocity which can be considerably smaller than the speed of light in vacuum. This is demonstrated in two cases corresponding to a thin foil target irradiated by high intensity laser light and to the hole boring produced in an extended plasma by the laser pulse. It is found that the beams of accelerated ions are unstable against Buneman-like and Weibel-like instabilities which results in the broadening of the ion energy spectrum