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; Christopher Neal 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, Christopher Neal 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
Journal	Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Volume	93
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.93.043201
Publication status	Published - 6 Apr 2016
Externally published	Yes

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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, C. 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 - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 93(4), Article 043201. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.93.043201

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

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