Ion acceleration and extreme light field generation based on ultra-short and ultra–intense lasers

von Liangliang Ji

84 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book is dedicated to the relativistic (laser intensity above 1018 W/cm2) laser-plasma interactions, which mainly concerns two important aspects: ion acceleration and extreme-light-field (ELF). Based on the ultra-intense and ultra–short CP lasers, this book proposes a new method that significantly improves the efficiency of heavy-ion acceleration, and deals with the critical thickness issues of light pressure acceleration. More importantly, a series of plasma approaches for producing ELFs, such as the relativistic single-cycle laser pulse, the intense broad-spectrum chirped laser pulse and the ultra-intense isolated attosecond (10-18s) pulse are introduced. This book illustrates that plasma not only affords a tremendous accelerating gradient for ion acceleration but also serves as a novel medium for ELF generation, and hence has the potential of plasma-based optics, which have a great advantage on the light intensity due to the absence of device damage threshold.

• Reihe: Springer Theses
• Themen: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Physik Atom- und Molekularphysik
• ISBN: 9783662524343
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 03.09.2016
• Größe: 23.5 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: Springer Berlin