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Beyond the moving mirror model: Attosecond pulses from a relativistically moving plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2001

L. ROSO
Affiliation:
Departamento de Fìsica Aplicada, Universidad de Salamanca, E-37008 Salamanca, Spain
L. PLAJA
Affiliation:
Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany
K. RZAZEWSKI
Affiliation:
Center for Theoretical Physics and College of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, Aleja Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
D. VON DER LINDE
Affiliation:
Institute für Laser- und Plasmaphysik, Universität Essen D-45117 Essen, Germany

Abstract

A simple model is proposed to study the field generated by a 3D plasma layer. The model neglects electron–electron interactions in the same way as occurs in the well known moving mirror models. However, the present model considers the radiation emitted by the moving electrons in a more precise way than in the mirror models, and allows the study of underdense or near critical plasmas. Results, including the transverse intensity profile of the driving field, are presented that show the possibility of generating trains of attosecond pulses.

Type
ULIA-1 CONFERENCE PAPERS
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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