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Dynamics of nanometer-scale foil targets irradiated with relativistically intense laser pulses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 October 2011

R. Hörlein ,
S. Steinke ,
A. Henig ,
S.G. Rykovanov ,
M. Schnürer ,
T. Sokollik ,
D. Kiefer ,
D. Jung ,
X.Q. Yan  and
T. Tajima
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R. Hörlein
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Garching, Germany
S. Steinke*
Affiliation:
Max-Born-Institut, Berlin, Germany
A. Henig
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Garching, Germany
S.G. Rykovanov
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Garching, Germany
M. Schnürer
Affiliation:
Max-Born-Institut, Berlin, Germany
T. Sokollik
Affiliation:
Max-Born-Institut, Berlin, Germany
D. Kiefer
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Garching, Germany
D. Jung
Affiliation:
Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Garching, Germany Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico
X.Q. Yan
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany State Key Lab of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Bejing, China
T. Tajima
Affiliation:
Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Garching, Germany Photomedical Research Center, JAEA, Kyoto, Japan
J. Schreiber
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Garching, Germany
M. Hegelich
Affiliation:
Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Garching, Germany Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico
P.V. Nickles
Affiliation:
Max-Born-Institut, Berlin, Germany Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, GIST, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
M. Zepf
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany Department of Physics and Astronomy, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
G.D. Tsakiris
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany
W. Sandner
Affiliation:
Max-Born-Institut, Berlin, Germany
D. Habs
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Garching, Germany
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: S. Steinke, Max-Born-Institut, D-12489 Berlin, Germany. E-mail: steinke@mbi-berlin.de
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Abstract

In this paper we report on an experimental study of high harmonic radiation generated in nanometer-scale foil targets irradiated under normal incidence. The experiments constitute the first unambiguous observation of odd-numbered relativistic harmonics generated by the v × B component of the Lorentz force verifying a long predicted property of solid target harmonics. Simultaneously the observed harmonic spectra allow in-situ extraction of the target density in an experimental scenario which is of utmost interest for applications such as ion acceleration by the radiation pressure of an ultraintense laser.

Keywords

Frequency conversionLaser-driven accelerationLaser-plasma interactionParticle-in-cell methodPlasma-generated coherent radiation
Type
Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , December 2011 , pp. 383 - 388
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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