The production of high-energy electrons from the interaction of an intense laser pulse with an underdense plasma

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作者：

Najmudin, Z ^{[1
]}

Krushelnick, K

Clark, EL

Colling, DJ

Tatarakis, M

Modena, A

Dangor, AE

Faure, J

Malka, V

Gordon, D

Joshi, C

机构：

[1] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, London SW7 2BW, England

[2] Ecole Polytech, LULI, Palaiseau, France

[3] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF MODERN OPTICS | 2003年 / 50卷 / 3-4期

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D O I：

10.1080/09500340210149705

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

The interaction of an intense laser pulse (intensity, greater than 10(19) W cm(-2)) has been studied with underdense deuterium plasmas. The laser pulse is found to be self-modulated at the plasma frequency by the Raman forward-scatter instability. Wave breaking of the resulting plasma wave causes high-energy electrons to be accelerated beyond 100 MeV.

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页码：673 / 681

页数：9

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