Title :
Direct measurement of the electron density driving the laser particle acceleration with thin foils
Author :
Jackel, O. ; Pfotenhauer, S.M. ; Polz, J. ; Schlenvoigt, H.-P. ; Kaluza, M.C. ; Schwoerer, H.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Opt. und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Univ., Jena
Abstract :
A method for time resolved optical probing of laser ion acceleration using interferometry is presented. The electron density in the accelerating fields were reconstructed in a time series with 100 fs resolution.
Keywords :
ion accelerators; light interferometry; plasma density; plasma diagnostics; plasma light propagation; time series; accelerating fields; direct measurement; electron density; interferometry; laser ion acceleration; laser particle acceleration; thin foils; time resolved optical probing; time series; Acceleration; Density measurement; Electrons; Linear particle accelerator; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Particle measurements; Plasma accelerators; Probes; Ultrafast optics; (270.6620) Strong-field processes; (350.5400) Plasmas;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
