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Relativistic Electron Mirrors : from High Intensity Laser-Nanofoil Interactions - Daniel Kiefer

Relativistic Electron Mirrors

from High Intensity Laser-Nanofoil Interactions

By: Daniel Kiefer

Paperback | 13 September 2016

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A dense sheet of electrons accelerated to close to the speed of light can act as a tuneable mirror that can generate bright bursts of laser-like radiation in the short wavelength range simply via the reflection of a counter-propagating laser pulse. This thesis investigates the generation of such a relativistic electron mirror structure in a series of experiments accompanied by computer simulations. It is shown that such relativistic mirror can indeed be created from the interaction of a high-intensity laser pulse with a nanometer-scale, ultrathin foil. The reported work gives a intriguing insight into the complex dynamics of high-intensity laser-nanofoil interactions and constitutes a major step towards the development of a relativistic mirror, which could potentially generate bright burst of X-rays on a micro-scale.

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Published: 13th August 2014

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