Identification of Coupling Mechanisms between Ultraintense Laser Light and Dense Plasmas

2018/09/11 by L. Chopineau, A. Leblanc, G. Blaclard +7
Physics and Astronomy · #Coupling (piping) #Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena #Electron #Identification (biology) #Laser #Laser light #Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications #Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics #Plasma #physics.plasm-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevx.9.011050

published as Phys. Rev. X 9, 011050 (2019) · 16 pages, 12 figures

arxiv created 2018/09/11 · openalex publication_date 2019/03/21 · arxiv updated 2019/03/27 · openalex created_date 2019/06/27 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

Experiments and simulations reveal distinct regimes of electron behavior in plasma generated by ultraintense laser light hitting a solid target, a key insight for interpreting future experiments that rely on extreme laser pulses.

Citations

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