6 papers
Prepulse and amplified spontaneous emission effects on the interaction of a petawatt class laser with thin solid targets
Timur Zh. Esirkepov, James K. Koga, Atsushi Sunahara +17
When a finite contrast petawatt laser pulse irradiates a micron-thick foil, a prepulse (including amplified spontaneous emission) creates a preplasma, where an ultrashort relativis…
On extreme field limits in high power laser matter interactions: radiation dominant regimes in high intensity electromagnetic wave interaction with electrons
Sergei V. Bulanov, Timur Zh. Esirkepov, Masaki Kando +6
We discuss the key important regimes of electromagnetic field interaction with charged particles. Main attention is paid to the nonlinear Thomson/Compton scattering regime with the…
Controlling the generation of high frequency electromagnetic pulses with relativistic flying mirrors using an inhomogeneous plasma
Mathieu Lobet, Masaki Kando, James K. Koga +4
A method for the controlled generation of intense high frequency electromagnetic fields by a breaking Langmuir wave (relativistic flying mirrors) in a gradually inhomogeneous plasm…
On the breaking of a plasma wave in a thermal plasma: II. Electromagnetic wave interaction with the breaking plasma wave
Sergei V. Bulanov, Timur Zh. Esirkepov, Masaki Kando +8
The structure of the density singularity formed in a relativistically large amplitude plasma wave close to the wavebreaking limit leads to a refraction coefficient which has a coor…
On the breaking of a plasma wave in a thermal plasma: I. The structure of the density singularity
Sergei V. Bulanov, Timur Zh. Esirkepov, Masaki Kando +8
The structure of the singularity that is formed in a relativistically large amplitude plasma wave close to the wavebreaking limit is found by using a simple waterbag electron distr…
High Power Gamma-Ray Flash Generation in Ultra Intense Laser-Plasma Interaction
Tatsufumi Nakamura, James K. Koga, Timur Zh. Esirkepov +3
When high-intensity laser interaction with matter enters the regime of dominated radiation reaction, the radiation losses open the way for producing short pulse high power gamma ra…