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Dynamics of relativistic transparency and optical shuttering in expanding overdense plasmas

Authors :
Donald C. Gautier
Daniel Jung
Juan C. Fernández
Brian J. Albright
Lin Yin
Randall P. Johnson
Dustin Offermann
Brendan Dromey
B. Manuel Hegelich
Tsutomu Shimada
Sasi Palaniyappan
Samuel A. Letzring
Chengkun Huang
J. Ren
H. C. Wu
Rainer Hörlein
R. C. Shah
Source :
Palaniyappan, S, Hegelich, B M, Wu, H-C, Jung, D, Gautier, D C, Yin, L, Albright, B J, Johnson, R P, Shimada, T, Letzring, S, Offermann, D T, Ren, J, Huang, C, Hörlein, R, Dromey, B, Fernandez, J C & Shah, R C 2012, ' Dynamics of relativistic transparency and optical shuttering in expanding overdense plasmas ' Nature Physics, vol 8, no. 10, pp. 763-769 ., 10.1038/nphys2390
Publication Year :
2012
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2012.

Abstract

When electrons are accelerated to near light-speeds through an overdense plasma by an intense laser beam, the usually opaque plasma becomes optically transparent. High-speed laser experiments provide unprecedented insight into the dynamics of this process.

Details

ISSN :
17452481 and 17452473
Volume :
8
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nature Physics
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....4529eef05a26d5dde64cd3c7acb2aeb4
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys2390