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Conference Papers Year : 2005

Energetic electrons generation in high intensity and ultra-short laser pulse interactions with thin foil or low density gas jet targets

S. Fritzler
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Jérôme Faure
Y. Glinec
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Victor Malka
M. Manclossi
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L. Notebaert
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J. Santos
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A. Tafo
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N. Cochet
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E. Lefebvre
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V. Meot
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Pierre Morel
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V. Tikhonchuk
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Abstract

Energy and angular distributions of the fast outgoing electron beam induced by the interaction of 1-2 J, 30 fs, 3-20x1018 W/cm2 laser with a thin foil or a gas jet target are characterized by using both an electron spectrometer and Bremsstrahlung induced photo-nuclear reactions. The supra-thermic electron beams production was investigated for a solid target versus its thickness and its Z number, and for a gas jet target versus its pressure. Using a polyethylene target and a supersonic Helium gas jet target, we measured, respectively, up to 4x108 and 3x109 electrons produced per laser pulse, with energies up to, respectively, 60 MeV and 160 MeV. The associated Boltzmann temperature of these electrons is colder for thin foils (9 MeV) than for gas jet (18 MeV). About, respectively 0.06% and 1% of the laser energy has been converted to outgoing electrons with energies above 5 MeV. Such electrons leave the plasma in the laser direction within a cone with an opening angle of, respectively, 2.5° and 8.5°. We discuss the physical processes of electron acceleration. Numerical calculations show a good agreement with the experiments.
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in2p3-00025614 , version 1 (13-02-2006)

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G. Malka, M.M. Aleonard, G. Claverie, M. Gerbaux, F. Gobet, et al.. Energetic electrons generation in high intensity and ultra-short laser pulse interactions with thin foil or low density gas jet targets. Laser-Generated, Synchrotron, and Other Laboratory X-Ray and EUV Sources, Optics, and Applications II, Jul 2005, San Diego, United States. pp.246-252. ⟨in2p3-00025614⟩

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