S. E. Perevalov, A. V. Kotov, R. S. Zemskov, K. F. Burdonov, V. N. Ginzburg, A. A. Kuzmin, S. E. Stukachev, I. V. Yakovlev, A. A. Shaikin, A. Ya. Lopatin, A. E. Pestov, A. O. Kolesnikov, A. N. Shatokhin, E. N. Ragozin, X. F. Shen, L. Reichwein, A. Pukhov, E. A. Khazanov, M. V. Starodubtsev, A. A. Soloviev, “Acceleration of electrons upon interaction of laser pulses with solid targets in the laser peeler regime”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2024, Volume 54, Number 1,Pages <nobr>35

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Interaction of laser radiation with matter

Acceleration of electrons upon interaction of laser pulses with solid targets in the laser peeler regime

S. E. Perevalov^a, A. V. Kotov^a, R. S. Zemskov^a, K. F. Burdonov^a, V. N. Ginzburg^a, A. A. Kuzmin^a, S. E. Stukachev^a, I. V. Yakovlev^a, A. A. Shaikin^a, A. Ya. Lopatin^a, A. E. Pestov^a, A. O. Kolesnikov^b, A. N. Shatokhin^b, E. N. Ragozin^b, X. F. Shen^c, L. Reichwein^c, A. Pukhov^c, E. A. Khazanov^a, M. V. Starodubtsev^a, A. A. Soloviev^a

^a Federal Research Center Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 603950, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
^b Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia
^c Institut für theoretische Physik I, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

Abstract: We performed an experiment on the acceleration of electrons in the laser peeler regime during the interaction of a focused subpetawatt laser pulses with solid-state targets. Electrons with energies up to 70 MeV were produced, and their directional pattern was determined. The use of serrated targets led to an increase in the maximum energies and the number of accelerated electrons. A numerical study conducted using particle-in-cell simulation showed good agreement with the experimental results.

Keywords: laser-plasma interaction, electron acceleration, laser plasma, laser peeler regime, particle-in-cell simulation.

Received: 14.02.2024
Revised: 01.04.2024