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Surface plasmon enhanced electron acceleration with few-cycle laser pulses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2009

P. Dombi ,
P. Rácz  and
B. Bódi
P. Dombi*
Affiliation:
Research Institute for Solid-State Physics and Optics, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly-Thege M. út 29-33, Hungary
P. Rácz
Affiliation:
Research Institute for Solid-State Physics and Optics, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly-Thege M. út 29-33, Hungary
B. Bódi
Affiliation:
Research Institute for Solid-State Physics and Optics, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly-Thege M. út 29-33, Hungary
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Péter Dombi, Research Institute for Solid-State Physics and Optics, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly-Thege M. út 29-33, Hungary. phone: +361 392 2222 ext. 3609. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Surface plasmon enhanced electron acceleration is a recently discovered efficient particle acceleration phenomenon in the nanoscale-confined field of surface electromagnetic waves. For the generation and spatial/spectral control of keV-energy electrons generated, this way few-cycle laser pulses can be utilized particularly well. We present numerical results based on a simple model of this phenomenon analogous to the three-step model of high harmonic generation. We identify those parameter regimes where the emitted electron beam is highly directional and monoenergetic opening the door to novel ultrafast applications and methods.

Keywords

Electron accelerationFew-cycle pulsesSurface plasmonsUltrafast phenomena
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , June 2009 , pp. 291 - 296
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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