Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: We show that managing time-dependent polarization of the relativistically intense laser pulse incident on a plasma surface allows us to gate a single (sub)attosecond x-ray burst even when a multicycle driver is used. The single x-ray burst is emitted when the tangential component of the vector potential at the plasma surface vanishes. This relativistic plasma control is based on the theory of relativistic spikes [T. Baeva, S. Gordienko, and A. Pukhov, Phys. Rev. E 74, 046404 (2006)]. The relativistic plasma control is demonstrated here numerically by particle-in-cell simulations.
Source: Physical Review E
Authors: T. Baeva, S. Gordienko, A. Pukhov
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2078033455