Laserati

Author(s): A. J. Kemp, Y. Sentoku, and M. Tabak
We investigate the hydrodynamic response of plasma gradients during the interaction with ultraintense energetic laser pulses, using kinetic particle simulations. Energetic laser pulses are capable of compressing preformed plasma gradients over short times while accelerating low-density plasma backwa...
[Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 075004] Published Thu Aug 14, 2008