Ultra-High Energy Density Relativistic Plasmas and X-ray Generation by Ultrafast Laser Irradiation of Nanowire Arrays

Autor: Liang Yin, Vyacheslav N. Shlyaptsev, Amy L. Prieto, Yong Wang, Reed Hollinger, C. Bargsten, A. Towsend, D. Keiss, Shoujun Wang, Jorge J. Rocca, Carmen S. Menoni, Michael Purvis, Alexander Pukhov, B. M. Luther
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Scopus-Elsevier
Popis: We demonstrate that trapping of femtosecond laser pulses of relativistic intensity deep within nanowire arrays volumetrically heats matter into a new ultra-hot plasma regime with electron densities nearly 100 times critical and multi-keV temperatures.
Databáze: OpenAIRE