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Effects of plasma and ultrashort laser pulse on residual electron energy in optical-field-ionized oxygen plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2013

Esmaeil Eslami  and
Keyvan Basereh
Esmaeil Eslami*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Iran University of Science & Technology, Narmak, Tehran, Iran
Keyvan Basereh
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Iran University of Science & Technology, Narmak, Tehran, Iran
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Esmaeil Eslami, Department of Physics, Iran University of Science & Technology, Narmak, Tehran, 16846-13114, Iran. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

In this paper the classical theory of Above Threshold Ionization (ATI) in the oxygen plasma was used to show how the residual electron energy depends on the laser parameters such as pulse length, wavelength and peak intensity. The value of ATI energy is found to increase with laser wavelength and its intensity. Our study conducted for three cases of τ > 2π/νp, τ = 2π/ωp, and τ < 2π/ωp, where ωp is the plasma frequency, reveals that the ATI energy is decreased for the pulse duration τ ≠ 2π/ωp. Also it is showed how the space charge effect can reduce the residual electron energy to a minimum value, in a suitable condition. By optimizing various parameters, we can generate the cold electrons suitable for the recombination x-ray laser.

Keywords

Above threshold ionizationLaser plasma interactionOptical field ionizationX-ray laser
Type
Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , June 2013 , pp. 187 - 193
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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