Title :
Study of hot electron transportation in foils and wedge targets irradiated with ultrashort laser pulses
Author :
Cho, B. ; Osterholz, J. ; Dyer, G. ; Kneip, S. ; Symes, D. ; Bernstein, A. ; Ditmire, T.
Author_Institution :
Texas Center for High Intensity Laser Science, Department of Physics, University of Texas, Austin, 78712-0263, USA
Abstract :
We investigated the hot electron transport in foil and wedge shaped targets irradiated with ultra-intense laser pulses. The results suggest that the electrons are guided by the strong quasi-static electromagnetic fields at the wedge boundary.
Keywords :
Aluminum; Electromagnetic fields; Electrons; Laser theory; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Surface emitting lasers; Transportation; X-ray imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431194
