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Interaction of laser radiation with matter. Laser plasma

Generation of attosecond electron bunches upon laser pulse propagation through a sharp plasma boundary

S. V. Kuznetsov

Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: The formation of an electron bunch produced due to electron self-injection into a wake wave that is generated by a relativistic-intensity laser pulse propagating through a sharp boundary of semi-bounded plasma is studied in one-dimensional geometry. Analytical expressions are obtained for estimating the bunch length and the energy spread of electrons in the bunch. Numerical simulation is performed which confirms the results of analytical consideration.

Keywords: laser pulse, wake wave, semiresticted plasma, electron self-injection, laser-plasma electron acceleration.

Received: 05.12.2016

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 2017, 47:2, 87–96

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