Rapid embedded wire heating via resistive guiding of laser-generated fast electrons as a hydrodynamic driver

Resistively guiding laser-generated fast electron beams in targets consisting of a resistive wire embedded in lower Z material should allow one to rapidly heat the wire to over 100 eV over a substantial distance without strongly heating the surrounding material. On the multi-ps timescale, this can d...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physics of plasmas 2013-12, Vol.20 (12), p.122701
Hauptverfasser: Robinson, A. P. L., Schmitz, H., Pasley, J.
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Zusammenfassung:Resistively guiding laser-generated fast electron beams in targets consisting of a resistive wire embedded in lower Z material should allow one to rapidly heat the wire to over 100 eV over a substantial distance without strongly heating the surrounding material. On the multi-ps timescale, this can drive hydrodynamic motion in the surrounding material. Thus, ultra-intense laser solid interactions have the potential as a controlled driver of radiation hydrodynamics in solid density material. In this paper, we assess the laser and target parameters needed to achieve such rapid and controlled heating of the embedded wire.
ISSN:1070-664X
1089-7674
DOI:10.1063/1.4838238