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Article Dans Une Revue Physics of Plasmas Année : 2007

Strongly enhanced laser absorption and electron acceleration via resonant excitation of surface plasma waves

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Two-dimensional (2D) particle-in-cell numerical simulations of the interaction between a high-intensity short-pulse p-polarized laser beam and an overdense plasma are presented. It is shown that, under appropriate physical conditions, a surface plasma wave can be resonantly excited by a short-pulse laser wave, leading to strong relativistic electron acceleration together with a dramatic increase, up to 70%, of light absorption by the plasma. Purely 2D effects contribute to enhancement of electron acceleration. It is also found that the angular distribution of the hot electrons is drastically affected by the surface wave. The subsequent ion dynamics is shown to be significantly modified by the surface plasma wave excitation.
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hal-01327434 , version 1 (08-06-2016)

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M. Raynaud, J. Kupersztych, C. Riconda, J. C. Adam, A. Héron. Strongly enhanced laser absorption and electron acceleration via resonant excitation of surface plasma waves. Physics of Plasmas, 2007, 14 (9), pp.092702. ⟨10.1063/1.2755969⟩. ⟨hal-01327434⟩
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