Attosecond Relativistic Electron Beam by an Ultrashort Laser Pulse and a Thin Plasma Layerстатья
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Аннотация:Attosecond (10−15 s) electron beams will have some important applications in physics, chemistry,
material science, etc., where ultrafast phenomena play an important role. Hence, how to generate
such ultrashort electron beams is an important issue. Here, we propose to use a thin plasma layer
illuminated normally by an ultra-intense femtosecond laser pulse having a sharp rising edge (rising
time laser oscillation period). In this process, the plasma layer is compressed nonadabatically
by the laser pulse, and all electrons are synchronously accelerated to ultra-relativistic velocities by
several half-cycles of the laser field. In an experiment, a solid nanofilm, a taped electron beam, or
a thin gas jet can be used as possible targets. For these types of targets, we show the generation of
an attosecond high-energy electron beam by using particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations.