2018
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.065001
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Mapping the Damping Dynamics of Mega-Ampere Electron Pulses Inside a Solid

Abstract: We report the lifetime of intense-laser (2×10^{19}  W/cm^{2}) generated relativistic electron pulses in solids by measuring the time evolution of their Cherenkov emission. Using a picosecond resolution optical Kerr gating technique, we demonstrate that the electrons remain relativistic as long as 50 picoseconds-more than 1000 times longer than the incident light pulse. Numerical simulations of the propagation of relativistic electrons and the emitted Cherenkov radiation with Monte Carlo geant4 package reproduc… Show more

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“…The energy and momentum of electrons influence their motion through a material, which, in turn, determines its electrical and optical properties [12,13]. -Using laser pulses, physicists have been able to generate hot electrons that travel faster than the speed of light [14,15]. Regarding the electrons in the famous double-slit experiment, they are considered accelerated electrons [16].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The energy and momentum of electrons influence their motion through a material, which, in turn, determines its electrical and optical properties [12,13]. -Using laser pulses, physicists have been able to generate hot electrons that travel faster than the speed of light [14,15]. Regarding the electrons in the famous double-slit experiment, they are considered accelerated electrons [16].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These are in terms of its power [10][11][12][13][14], repetition rate [15], pulse width [16], operational frequency for short pulse lasers [17][18][19] etc. These developments have important consequences in many areas of applied and fundamental interest [20,21], such as fusion [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31], particle acceleration [32][33][34][35][36][37][38], novel radiation sources [39][40][41][42][43][44], magnetic field generation and transport [45][46][47][48][49][50][51]. The specific development in regard to the availability of low frequency pulsed CO 2 lasers [17][18][19] and the possibility of generating strong magnetic fields (e.g., of the order of Kilo Tesla has already been achieved [52], and there are proposals to generate Mega Tesla …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Intense short-pulse lasers interacting with solid targets can accelerate target electrons and produce high-currentdensity (∼10 12 A cm −2 ) relativistic electron beams (REBs) of micrometer-scale radius [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]. Motivated by the FI scheme [37][38][39][40] and TNSA of ions to high energies [41], the transport of REBs in dense plasma is gaining much research attention, and interesting phenomena have been discovered, including spontaneous magnetic field generation, heating of plasmas, self-channeling of REBs, as well as their filamentation and coalescence [38][39][40][41][42][43][44].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%