Evidence of enhanced effective hot electron temperatures in ultraintense laser-solid interactions due to reflexing

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 411-416

  Chen, Hui ^a   Wilks, Scott C ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Debye sheath; Femtosecond lasers; Hot electrons; Laser plasma interaction; Nonlinear ponderomotive force; PIC computations; Target normal sheath acceleration; Target thickness

Indexed keywords

DEBYE SHEATH; FEMTOSECOND LASERS; HOT ELECTRONS; LASER-PLASMA INTERACTION; NONLINEAR PONDEROMOTIVE FORCE; TARGET NORMAL SHEATH ACCELERATION; TARGET THICKNESS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PLASMA SIMULATION; TARGETS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 33644917106     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034605050585     Document Type: Conference Paper

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