GENERATION OF ATTOSECOND PULSE TRAINS DURING THE REFLECTION OF A VERYINTENSE LASER ON A SOLID-SURFACE

Authors
PLAJA L ROSO L RZAZEWSKI K LEWENSTEIN M
Citation
L. Plaja et al., GENERATION OF ATTOSECOND PULSE TRAINS DURING THE REFLECTION OF A VERYINTENSE LASER ON A SOLID-SURFACE, Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics, 15(7), 1998, pp. 1904-1911
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
07403224
Volume
15
Issue
7
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1904 - 1911
Database
ISI
SICI code
0740-3224(1998)15:7<1904:GOAPTD>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The normal-incidence reflectivity of a plasma generated on a solid sur face by a very intense laser field is studied. We demonstrate that the reflected field has the form of trains of subfemtosecond pulses under suitable conditions. Particle-in-cell computations are presented and compared with a naive moving-mirror model. The physical origin of this behavior is discussed in terms of the relativistic motion of the elec tron plasma. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.