Radiation pressure acceleration of thin foils with circularly polarized laser pulses

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Robinson, A P L ^a   Zepf, M ^b   Kar, S ^b   Evans, R G ^a,c   Bellei, C ^c  

^a Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; METAL FOIL; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

POLARIZED LASER PULSES; RADIATION PRESSURE ACCELERATION;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 38449101431     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/1/013021     Document Type: Article

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