High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2020, 8 (1): 010000e2, Published Online: Feb. 14, 2020  

Transport of ultraintense laser-driven relativistic electrons in dielectric targets

X. H. Yang 1,2,3,*C. Ren 2H. Xu 3,4Y. Y. Ma 1,3,5F. Q. Shao 1
Author Affiliations
1 Department of Physics, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha410073, China
2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York14627, USA
3 IFSA Collaborative Innovation Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200240, China
4 College of Computing Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha410073, China
5 State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing102205, China
Abstract
Ultraintense laser-driven relativistic electrons provide a way of heating matter to high energy density states related to many applications. However, the transport of relativistic electrons in solid targets has not been understood well yet, especially in dielectric targets. We present the first detailed two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations of relativistic electron transport in a silicon target by including the field ionization and collisional ionization processes. An ionization wave is found propagating in the insulator, with a velocity dependent on laser intensity and slower than the relativistic electron velocity. Widely spread electric fields in front of the sheath fields are observed due to the collective effect of free electrons and ions. The electric fields are much weaker than the threshold electric field of field ionization. Two-stream instability behind the ionization front arises for the cases with laser intensity greater than $5\times 10^{19}~\text{W}/\text{cm}^{2}$ that produce high relativistic electron current densities.

X. H. Yang, C. Ren, H. Xu, Y. Y. Ma, F. Q. Shao. Transport of ultraintense laser-driven relativistic electrons in dielectric targets[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2020, 8(1): 010000e2.

引用该论文: TXT   |   EndNote

相关论文

加载中...

关于本站 Cookie 的使用提示

中国光学期刊网使用基于 cookie 的技术来更好地为您提供各项服务,点击此处了解我们的隐私策略。 如您需继续使用本网站,请您授权我们使用本地 cookie 来保存部分信息。
全站搜索
您最值得信赖的光电行业旗舰网络服务平台!