Parametric investigation of laser interaction with uniform and nanostructured near-critical plasmas
arXiv:1711.06471 · doi:10.1140/epjd/e2017-80222-7
Abstract
Laser interaction with uniform and nanostructured near-critical plasmas has been investigated by means of 2D particle-in-cell simulations. The effect of a nanostructure (modeled as a collection of solid-density nanospheres) on energy absorption and radiative losses has been assessed in a wide range of laser intensities and average densities of the target. The nanostructure was found to affect mainly the conversion efficiency of laser energy into ion kinetic energy and radiative losses for the highest simulated intensities.
arXiv commentThe research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council Consolidator Grant ENSURE (ERC-2014-CoG No. 647554)
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