Dependence of jet emission of fast electrons on laser polarization in the interaction between ultrashort laser pulses and plasmas

Jie Zhang; Liming Chen; Hao Teng; Tianjiao Liang; Zhengming Sheng; Lizheng Zhao; Zhiyi Wei; X. W. Tang

doi:10.1117/12.450587

12 December 2001 Dependence of jet emission of fast electrons on laser polarization in the interaction between ultrashort laser pulses and plasmas

Jie Zhang, Liming Chen, Hao Teng, Tianjiao Liang, Zhengming Sheng, Lizheng Zhao, Zhiyi Wei, X. W. Tang

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Proceedings Volume 4505, Soft X-Ray Lasers and Applications IV; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.450587
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Effects of laser polarization were studied on behaviors of fast electrons produced from an aluminum target irradiated by obliquely incident laser pulses at 8x10¹⁵ W/cm². Jet emission of outgoing fast electrons collimated in the polarization direction was observed for the s-polarized laser irradiation, whereas for the p-polarized irradiation, very directional emission of outgoing fast electrons was found close to the normal direction of the target. The behaviors of in-going fast electrons into the target for s- and p-polarized irradiation were also investigated by observing x-ray Bremsstrahlung radiation at the backside of the target.

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Jie Zhang, Liming Chen, Hao Teng, Tianjiao Liang, Zhengming Sheng, Lizheng Zhao, Zhiyi Wei, and X. W. Tang "Dependence of jet emission of fast electrons on laser polarization in the interaction between ultrashort laser pulses and plasmas", Proc. SPIE 4505, Soft X-Ray Lasers and Applications IV, (12 December 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.450587

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