Laser-driven fast electron collimation in targets with resistivity boundary

Ramakrishna, B. and Kar, S. and Robinson, A. P. L. and Adams, D. J. and Markey, K. and Quinn, M. N. and Yuan, X. H. and McKenna, P. and Lancaster, K. L. and Green, J. S. and Scott, R. H. H. and Norreys, P. A. and Schreiber, J. and Zepf, M. (2010) Laser-driven fast electron collimation in targets with resistivity boundary. Physical Review Letters, 105 (13). 135001. ISSN 1079-7114 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.135001)

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Abstract

We demonstrate experimentally that the relativistic electron flow in a dense plasma can be efficiently confined and guided in targets exhibiting a high-resistivity-core-low-resistivity-cladding structure analogous to optical waveguides. The relativistic electron beam is shown to be confined to an area of the order of the core diameter (50 mu m), which has the potential to substantially enhance the coupling efficiency of electrons to the compressed fusion fuel in the Fast Ignitor fusion in full-scale fusion experiments.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:29607
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    20 September 2010
    Published
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:22 Mar 2011 11:34
    Last modified:08 Apr 2024 18:55
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/29607
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