The Role of Picosecond Scale ‘Coherent’ Contrast in Dense Electron Nanobunch Formation for Laser-driven Coherent Synchrotron Emission

Authors :: Brendan Dromey
D. Jung
Bjorn Hegelich
Juan C. Fernández
Donald C. Gautier
Mark Yeung
R. C. Shah
S. Cousens
Sasikumar Palaniyappan
Source :: Nonlinear Optics.
Publication Year :: 2017
Publisher :: OSA, 2017.
Abstract: Coherent synchrotron emission from relativistic laser-plasma interactions is an exciting route towards bright attosecond pulse production. We demonstrate experimentally the critical role that laser contrast on 1-2 picosecond timescales plays in the detailed generation mechanism.

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