@article{Chen2006, author = {Min Chen and Zheng-Ming Shenga and Jun Zheng and Yan-Yun Ma and Muhammad Abbas Bari and Yu-Tong Li and Jie Zhang}, journal = {Opt. Express}, month = {Apr}, number = {7}, pages = {3093--3098}, publisher = {Optica Publishing Group}, title = {Surface electron acceleration in relativistic laser-solid interactions}, volume = {14}, year = {2006}, abstract = {Under the grazing incidence of a relativistic intense laser pulse onto a solid target, two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations show that intense quasistatic magnetic and electric fields are generated near the front target surface during the interaction. Some electrons are confined in these quasistatic fields and move along the target surface with betatron oscillations. When this oscillating frequency is close to the laser frequency in the particle frame, these electrons can be accelerated significantly in the reflected laser field, similar to the inverse free-electron-laser acceleration. An analytical model for this surface betatron acceleration is proposed.}, doiurl = {10.1364/OE.14.003093}, url = {https://opg.optica.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-14-7-3093}, } @article{Mao2012, author = {Mao, J. Y. and others}, journal = {Phys. Rev. E}, month = {Feb}, number = {2}, pages = {025401}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, title = {Spectrally peaked electron beams produced via surface guiding and acceleration in femtosecond laser-solid interactions}, volume = {85}, year = {2012}, doiurl = {10.1103/PhysRevE.85.025401}, url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.85.025401}, } @article{Mao2015, author = {Mao, J. Y. and others}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters}, number = {13}, pages = {131105}, title = {Highly collimated monoenergetic target-surface electron acceleration in near-critical-density plasmas}, volume = {106}, year = {2015}, doiurl = {10.1063/1.4916636}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4916636}, } @article{Andreev2016, author = {Andreev, N. E. and Pugachev, L. P. and Povarnitsyn, M. E. and Levashov, P. R.}, journal = {Laser and Particle Beams}, number = {1}, pages = {115–122}, publisher = {Cambridge University Press}, title = {Electron acceleration at grazing incidence of a subpicosecond intense laser pulse onto a plane solid target}, volume = {34}, year = {2016}, doiurl = {10.1017/S0263034615001032}, } @article{Serebryakov2017, author = {Serebryakov,D. A. and Nerush,E. N. and Kostyukov,I. Yu.}, journal = {Physics of Plasmas}, number = {12}, pages = {123115}, title = {Near-surface electron acceleration during intense laser–solid interaction in the grazing incidence regime}, volume = {24}, year = {2017}, doiurl = {10.1063/1.5002671}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5002671}, } @article{Ma2018, author = {Ma, Y. and others}, journal = {Proc Natl Acad Sci USA}, number = {27}, pages = {6980-6985}, title = {Ultrahigh-charge electron beams from laser-irradiated solid surface}, volume = {115}, year = {2018}, } @article{Mandal2019, author = {Mandal,T. and Arora,V. and Rao,B. S. and Moorti,A. and Upadhyay,A. and Chakera,J. A.}, journal = {Physics of Plasmas}, number = {4}, pages = {043105}, title = {Experimental study of fast electron generation in intense short duration laser solid interaction at grazing incidence}, volume = {26}, year = {2019}, doiurl = {10.1063/1.5058111}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5058111}, } @article{Quinn2009, author = {Quinn, K. and others}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, month = {May}, number = {19}, pages = {194801}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, title = {Laser-Driven Ultrafast Field Propagation on Solid Surfaces}, volume = {102}, year = {2009}, doiurl = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.194801}, url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.194801}, } @misc{arXiv:THz_wires, author = {Bukharskii, N. and Korneev, Ph.}, number = {{arXiv}:2210.14166}, publisher = {{arXiv}}, title = {Intense widely-controlled terahertz radiation from laser-driven wires}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Irradiation of a thin metallic wire with an intense femtosecond laser pulse creates a strong discharge wave that travels as a narrow pulse along the wire surface. The travelling discharge efficiently emits secondary radiation with spectral characteristics mostly defined by the wire geometry. Several exemplary designs are considered in the context of generation of intense terahertz radiation with controllable characteristics for various scientific and technological applications. The proposed setup benefits by its robustness, versatility and high conversion efficiency of laser energy to terahertz radiation, which reaches several percent.}, eprint = {2210.14166 [physics.optics]}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.14166}, } @article{Nakajima2013, author = {Nakajima, Hiroaki and Tokita, Shigeki and Inoue, Shunsuke and Hashida, Masaki and Sakabe, Shuji}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, month = {Apr}, number = {15}, pages = {155001}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, title = {Divergence-Free Transport of Laser-Produced Fast Electrons Along a Meter-Long Wire Target}, volume = {110}, year = {2013}, doiurl = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.155001}, url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.155001}, } @article{Bukharskii2022, author = {Bukharskii,N. and Kochetkov,Iu. and Korneev,Ph.}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters}, number = {1}, pages = {014102}, title = {Terahertz annular antenna driven with a short intense laser pulse}, volume = {120}, year = {2022}, doiurl = {10.1063/5.0076700}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0076700}, } @article{Ehret2022, author = {Ehret, M. and others}, journal = {Phys. Rev. E}, month = {Oct}, number = {4}, pages = {045211}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, title = {Kilotesla plasmoid formation by a trapped relativistic laser beam}, volume = {106}, year = {2022}, doiurl = {10.1103/PhysRevE.106.045211}, url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.106.045211}, } @misc{arXiv:acceleration_curved_surfaces, author = {Korneev, Ph. and others}, number = {{arXiv}:1711.00971}, publisher = {{arXiv}}, title = {Laser electron acceleration on curved surfaces}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Electron acceleration by relativistically intense laser beam propagating along a curved surface allows to split softly the accelerated electron bunch and the laser beam. The presence of a curved surface allows to switch an adiabatic invariant of electrons in the wave instantly leaving the gained energy to the particles. The efficient acceleration is provided by the presence of strong transient quasistationary fields in the interaction region and a long efficient acceleration length. The curvature of the surface allows to select the accelerated particles and provides their narrow angular distribution. The mechanism at work is explicitly demonstrated in theoretical models and experiments.}, eprint = {1711.00971 [physics.plasm-ph]}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.00971}, } @misc{arXiv:discharge_pulses, author = {Ehret, M. and others}, number = {{arXiv}:2209.00272}, publisher = {{arXiv}}, title = {Guided Electromagnetic Discharge Pulses Driven by Short Intense Laser Pulses: Characterisation and Modelling}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Strong electromagnetic pulses (EMP) are generated from intense laser interactions with solid-density targets, and can be guided by the target geometry, specifically through conductive connections to the ground. We present an experimental characterization, by time- and spatial-resolved proton deflectometry, of guided electromagnetic discharge pulses along wires including a coil, driven by 0.5 ps, 50 J, 1e19 W/cm2 laser pulses. Proton-deflectometry data allows to time-resolve first the EMP due to the laser-driven target charging and then the return EMP from the ground through the conductive target stalk. Both EMPs have a typical duration of tens of ps and correspond to currents in the kA-range with electric-field amplitudes of multiple GV/m. The sub-mm coil in the target rod creates lensing effects on probing protons, due to both magnetic- and electric-field contributions. This way, protons of 10 MeV-energy range are focused over cm-scale distances. Experimental results are supported by analytical modelling and high-resolution numerical particle-in-cell simulations, unraveling the likely presence of a surface plasma, which parameters define the discharge pulse dispersion in the non-linear propagation regime.}, eprint = {2209.00272 [physics.plasm-ph]}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.00272}, } @article{Derouillat2018, author = {J. Derouillat and others}, journal = {Computer Physics Communications}, pages = {351-373}, title = {Smilei : A collaborative, open-source, multi-purpose particle-in-cell code for plasma simulation}, volume = {222}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Smilei is a collaborative, open-source, object-oriented (C++) particle-in-cell code. To benefit from the latest advances in high-performance computing (HPC), Smilei is co-developed by both physicists and HPC experts. The code’s structures, capabilities, parallelization strategy and performances are discussed. Additional modules (e.g. to treat ionization or collisions), benchmarks and physics highlights are also presented. Multi-purpose and evolutive, Smilei is applied today to a wide range of physics studies, from relativistic laser–plasma interaction to astrophysical plasmas. Program summary Program title: Smilei (version 3.2) Program Files doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/gsn4x6mbrg.1 Licensing provisions: This version of the code is distributed under the GNU General Public License v3 Programming language: C++11, Python 2.7 Nature of the problem: The kinetic simulation of plasmas is at the center of various physics studies, from laser–plasma interaction to astrophysics. To address today’s challenges, a versatile simulation tool requires high-performance computing on massively parallel super-computers. Solution method: The Vlasov–Maxwell system describing the self-consistent evolution of a collisionless plasma is solved using the Particle-In-Cell (PIC) method. Additional physics modules allow to account for additional effects such as collisions and/or ionization. A hybrid MPI-OpenMP strategy, based on a patch-based super-decomposition, allows for efficient cache-use, dynamic load balancing and high-performance on massively parallel super-computers. Additional comments: Repository https://github.com/SmileiPIC/Smilei References: http://www.maisondelasimulation.fr/smilei}, doiurl = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2017.09.024}, issn = {0010-4655}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/ S0010465517303314}, } @article{Simpson2021, author = {Simpson,R. A. and others}, journal = {Physics of Plasmas}, number = {1}, pages = {013108}, title = {Scaling of laser-driven electron and proton acceleration as a function of laser pulse duration, energy, and intensity in the multi-picosecond regime}, volume = {28}, year = {2021}, doiurl = {10.1063/5.0023612}, eprint = {https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0023612}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0023612}, }