Acceleration of electrons in thin metal films by strong ultra-short laser pulses

Authors
Lugovskoy, AV Zinoviev, AV Usmanov, T
Citation
Av. Lugovskoy et al., Acceleration of electrons in thin metal films by strong ultra-short laser pulses, APPL SURF S, 146(1-4), 1999, pp. 391-397
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Material Science & Engineering
Journal title
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
ISSN journal
01694332 → ACNP
Volume
146
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
391 - 397
Database
ISI
SICI code
0169-4332(199905)146:1-4<391:AOEITM>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The possibility of effective electron acceleration in a thin solid film exp osed to irradiation by two power ultra-short laser pulses is discussed. The acceleration effect is caused by resonant action of the radiation on elect rons oscillating across the film with frequencies close to the laser freque ncy. The relativistic equations of electron motion an numerically analyzed. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.