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Particle-in-cell simulations of high-energy electron production by intense laser pulses in underdense plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2006

S. KATO ,
E. MIURA ,
M. TANIMOTO ,
S. MASUDA ,
M. ADACHI ,
T. WATANABE  and
K. KOYAMA
S. KATO
Affiliation:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 2, 1-1-1, Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
E. MIURA
Affiliation:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 2, 1-1-1, Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
M. TANIMOTO
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, Meisei University, 2-1-1, Hodokubo, Hino, Tokyo 191-8506, Japan
S. MASUDA
Affiliation:
National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), 4-9-1, Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
M. ADACHI
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Advanced Science of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
T. WATANABE
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Advanced Science of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
K. KOYAMA
Affiliation:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 2, 1-1-1, Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
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Abstract

The propagation of intense laser pulses and the generation of high-energy electrons from underdense plasmas are investigated using two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. It is shown that quasi-monoenergetic electron beams are generated in the regime where the laser pulse length is much longer than the plasma wavelength, when the condition of the focusing is appropriately controlled.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 72 , Issue 6 , December 2006 , pp. 1285 - 1289
Copyright
2006 Cambridge University Press

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