Plasma scale-length effects on electron energy spectra in high-irradiance laser plasmas

O. Culfa; G.J. Tallents; A.K. Rossall; E. Wagenaars; C. P. Ridgers; C.D. Murphy; R. J. Dance; R. J. Gray; P. McKenna; C.D.R Brown; S.F. James; D.J. Hoarty; N. Booth; A.P.L. Robinson; K.L. Lancaster; S.A. Pikuz; A. Ya Faenov; T. Kampfer; K. S. Schulze; I. Uschmann; N.C. Woolsey

doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.93.043201

Plasma scale-length effects on electron energy spectra in high-irradiance laser plasmas

O. Culfa, G.J. Tallents, A.K. Rossall, E. Wagenaars, C. P. Ridgers, C.D. Murphy, R. J. Dance, R. J. Gray, P. McKenna, C.D.R Brown, S.F. James, D.J. Hoarty, N. Booth, A.P.L. Robinson, K.L. Lancaster, S.A. Pikuz, A. Ya Faenov, T. Kampfer, K. S. Schulze, I. UschmannN.C. Woolsey

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An analysis of an electron spectrometer used to characterize fast electrons generated by ultraintense (1020Wcm−2) laser interaction with a preformed plasma of scale length measured by shadowgraphy is presented. The effects of fringing magnetic fields on the electron spectral measurements and the accuracy of density scale-length measurements are evaluated. 2D EPOCH PIC code simulations are found to be in agreement with measurements of the electron energy spectra showing that laser filamentation in plasma preformed by a prepulse is important with longer plasma scale lengths (>8 μm).

Original language	English
Article number	043201
Number of pages	10
Journal	Physical Review E
Volume	93
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.93.043201
Publication status	Published - 6 Apr 2016

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laser-plasma
preplasma
electron energy distributions

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Culfa, O., Tallents, G. J., Rossall, A. K., Wagenaars, E., Ridgers, C. P., Murphy, C. D., Dance, R. J., Gray, R. J., McKenna, P., Brown, C. D. R., James, S. F., Hoarty, D. J., Booth, N., Robinson, A. P. L., Lancaster, K. L., Pikuz, S. A., Faenov, A. Y., Kampfer, T., Schulze, K. S., ... Woolsey, N. C. (2016). Plasma scale-length effects on electron energy spectra in high-irradiance laser plasmas. Physical Review E, 93(4), Article 043201. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.93.043201

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