Time-resolved measurements of hot-electron equilibration dynamics in high-intensity laser interactions with thin-foil solid targets |
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Authors: | Nilson P M Davies J R Theobald W Jaanimagi P A Mileham C Jungquist R K Stoeckl C Begishev I A Solodov A A Myatt J F Zuegel J D Sangster T C Betti R Meyerhofer D D |
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Affiliation: | Fusion Science Center for Extreme States of Matter, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623, USA. |
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Abstract: | Time-resolved K(α) spectroscopy has been used to infer the hot-electron equilibration dynamics in high-intensity laser interactions with picosecond pulses and thin-foil solid targets. The measured K(α)-emission pulse width increases from ~3 to 6 ps for laser intensities from ~10(18) to 10(19) W/cm(2). Collisional energy-transfer model calculations suggest that hot electrons with mean energies from ~0.8 to 2 MeV are contained inside the target. The inferred mean hot-electron energies are broadly consistent with ponderomotive scaling over the relevant intensity range. |
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