Observation of Thin Foil Preformed Plasmas with a Relativistic-intensity Ultra-short Pulse Laser by Means of Two-color Interferometer

Autor: Koshichi Nemoto, Toshimasa Morita, Akifumi Yogo, Akira Noda, A. Fukumi, Koichi Ogura, Alexander S. Pirozhkov, Mitsuru Yamagiwa, Masataka Kado, Z. Li, Satoshi Orimo, Yukio Hayashi, Takuya Nayuki, T. Utsumi, Mamiko Nishiuchi, Yuji Oishi, Takashi Fujii, T. Zh. Esirkepov, Akito Sagisaka, M. Mori, Sv Bulanov, Shota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Daido
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Springer Series in Optical Sciences ISBN: 9780387491172
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-49119-6_36
Popis: Intense laser driven thin foil target acts as a double layered coulomb system that produces collimated ions as well as high-order harmonics, hard X-ray, and so on. From this point of view, we observed the electron density distribution of preformed plasmas of a tantalum foil target with two-color probe beams as an interferometer. The preformed plasma at the front side of the target was generated by a prepulse with a high-intensity Ti:sapphire laser pulse. On the other hand, the preformed plasma at the rear side was not observed. In our experimental condition, high-energy electrons and protons were observed. The characterization of preformed plasmas will contribute to describe the high-intensity laser-thin foil interactions.
Databáze: OpenAIRE