Space- and time-resolved dynamics of fast electrons and of the energy partition into cold electrons

作者：Antici Patrizio^*; Fuchs Julien; Grismayer Thomas; Borghesi Marco; Brambrink Erik; Cecchetti Carlo A; Lancia Livia; Mancic Ana; Mora Patrick; Pipahl Ariane C; Toncian Toma; Willi Oswald; Audebert Patrick

来源：IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2008, 36(4): 1821-1824.

DOI：10.1109/TPS.2008.2001230

• hot/cold-electron temperature and density
• laser-accelerated particles
• plasma measurements
• time- and space-resolved interferometry (TASRI)

Through the time- and space-resolved interferometry of a short-pulse low-energy probe beam reflecting on the rear surface of a solid target irradiated on its front surface by a high-intensity laser, we have measured a very abrupt expansion of the target rear surface. The experiments were performed using the LULI 100-TW laser facility with a maximum of 10-20 J energy pulses of > 10(19) W (.) cm(-2) intensity, wavelength of 1.053 mu m irradiating Al targets. The detected phase changes, with a few micrometers spatial resolution and picosecond temporal resolution, are interpreted as induced by the cloud of fast electrons having propagated through the target and expanding into vacuum. The measurements have been performed using a laser-pulse duration of 320 fs and a laser energy of 20 J, varying the target thickness from 25, 14, and 9.4 mu m. The experimental phase measurements are compared to simulations obtained by postprocessing simulation data, run with a I-D adiabatic plasma-expansion code. The comparison allows one to access, for the first time, to the dynamics of the density and temperature of laser-accelerated fast electrons in solid targets and expanding into vacuum. The same technique also allows one to have information regarding the cold electrons and the energy-partition dynamics.

• 出版日期2008-8
• 单位中国地震局