Spatial profile of accelerated electrons from ponderomotive scattering in hydrogen cluster targets
NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS(2022)
摘要
We study the laser-driven acceleration of electrons from overdense hydrogen clusters to energies of up to 13 MeV in laser forward direction and several hundreds of keV in an outer ring-structure. The use of cryogenic hydrogen allows for high repetition-rate operation and examination of the influence of source parameters like temperature and gas flow. The outer ring-structure of accelerated electrons, originating from the interaction, that is robust against the change of laser and target parameters can be observed for low electron densities of ca 3 x 10(16) cm(-3). For higher electron densities, an additional central spot of electrons in the laser forward direction can be observed. Utilizing 3D particle-in-cell simulations, it is revealed that both electron populations mainly stem from ponderomotive scattering.
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laser-plasma acceleration of electrons and ions, plasma production and heating by laser beams, cluster targets
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