Coherent kilo-electron-volt backscattering from plasma-wave boosted relativistic electron mirrors

F.Y. Li; Z.M. Sheng; M. Chen; H. C. Wu; Y. Liu; J. Meyer-ter-Vehn; W. B. Mori; J. Zhang

Coherent kilo-electron-volt backscattering from plasma-wave boosted relativistic electron mirrors

F.Y. Li, Z.M. Sheng, M. Chen, H. C. Wu, Y. Liu, J. Meyer-ter-Vehn, W. B. Mori, J. Zhang

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Abstract

A new parameter regime of laser wakefield acceleration driven by sub-petawatt femotsecond lasers is proposed, which enables the generation of relativistic electron mirrors further accelerated by the plasma wave. Integrated particle-in-cell simulation including the mirror formation and Thomson scattering demonstrates that efficient coherent backscattering up to keV photon energy can be obtained with moderate driver laser intensities and high density gas targets.

Original language	English
Article number	161102
Number of pages	5
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	105
Issue number	16
Early online date	20 Oct 2014
Publication status	Published - 20 Oct 2014

Keywords

laser wakefield acceleration
plasma waves
backscattering

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