https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2017-80228-1
Regular Article
Energy partitioning and electron momentum distributions in intense laser-solid interactions*
1 Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
2 Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
3 Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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e-mail: joel.magnusson@chalmers.se
Received: 31 March 2017
Received in final form: 20 June 2017
Published online: 7 September 2017
Producing inward orientated streams of energetic electrons by intense laser pulses acting on solid targets is the most robust and accessible way of transferring the laser energy to particles, which underlies numerous applications, ranging from TNSA to laboratory astrophysics. Structures with the scale of the laser wavelength can significantly enhance energy absorption, which has been in the center of attention in recent studies. In this article, we demonstrate and assess the effect of the structures for widening the angular distribution of generated energetic electrons. We analyse the results of PIC simulations and reveal several aspects that can be important for the related applications.
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