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@article{Consoli:2019:10.1038/s41598-019-44937-2,
author = {Consoli, F and De, Angelis R and Robinson, TS and Giltrap, S and Hicks, GS and Ditter, EJ and Ettlinger, OC and Najmudin, Z and Notley, M and Smith, RA},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-019-44937-2},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
title = {Generation of intense quasi-electrostatic fields due to deposition of particles accelerated by petawatt-range laser-matter interactions},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44937-2},
volume = {9},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - We demonstrate here for the first time that charge emitted by laser-target interactions at petawatt peak-powers can be efficiently deposited on a capacitor-collector structure far away from the target and lead to the rapid (tens of nanoseconds) generation of large quasi-static electric fields over wide (tens-of-centimeters scale-length) regions, with intensities much higher than common ElectroMagnetic Pulses (EMPs) generated by the same experiment in the same position. A good agreement was obtained between measurements from a classical field-probe and calculations based on particle-flux measurements from a Thomson spectrometer. Proof-of-principle particle-in-cell simulations reproduced the measurements of field evolution in time, giving a useful insight into the charging process, generation and distribution of fields. The understanding of this charging phenomenon and of the related intense fields, which can reach the MV/m order and in specific configurations might also exceed it, is very important for present and future facilities studying laser-plasma-acceleration and inertial-confinement-fusion, but also for application to the conditioning of accelerated charged-particles, the generation of intense electric and magnetic fields and many other multidisciplinary high-power laser-driven processes.
AU  - Consoli,F
AU  - De,Angelis R
AU  - Robinson,TS
AU  - Giltrap,S
AU  - Hicks,GS
AU  - Ditter,EJ
AU  - Ettlinger,OC
AU  - Najmudin,Z
AU  - Notley,M
AU  - Smith,RA
DO  - 10.1038/s41598-019-44937-2
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 2045-2322
TI  - Generation of intense quasi-electrostatic fields due to deposition of particles accelerated by petawatt-range laser-matter interactions
T2  - Scientific Reports
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44937-2
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31189924
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/70939
VL  - 9
ER  -
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