TITLE:
Self-Thomson Backscattering of Ultra-Intense Laser from Thin Foil Target
AUTHORS:
Ashutosh Sharma
KEYWORDS:
Ultra-Intense Laser Plasma Interaction; Thomson Backscattering; Solitary Electromagnetic Field
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Electromagnetic Analysis and Applications,
Vol.5 No.1,
January
29,
2013
ABSTRACT:
An electromagnetic solitary structure
in attosecond regime is identified, costreaming with electron bunch. It is
observed via nonlinear process of Self-Thomson backscattering of an ultra-intense laser from thin foil
target. The process is termed as Self-Thomson Backscattering since the counter
propagating electron sheets are generated by the drive laser itself. The
radiation pressure acceleration model is considered for the interaction of a
super-intense linearly polarized laser pulse with a thin foil in
one-dimensional (1D) particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations.