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“Single-cycle” ionization effects in laser–matter interaction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2001

ENRIQUE CONEJERO JARQUE
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Pisa, Piazza Torricelli 2, 56100 Pisa, Italy
FULVIO CORNOLTI
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Pisa, Piazza Torricelli 2, 56100 Pisa, Italy
ANDREA MACCHI
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Pisa, Piazza Torricelli 2, 56100 Pisa, Italy Theoretical Quantum Electronics, Darmstadt University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany Also INFM, sezione A, Universitá di Pisa, Italy
HARTMUT RUHL
Affiliation:
Theoretical Quantum Electronics, Darmstadt University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany

Abstract

We investigate numerical effects related to “single-cycle” ionization of dense matter by an ultra-short laser pulse. The strongly nonadiabatic response of electrons leads to generation of a MG steady magnetic field in laser–solid interaction. By using two-beam interference, it is possible to create periodic density structures able to trap light and to generate relativistic ionization fronts.

Type
ULIA-1 CONFERENCE PAPERS
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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