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Relativistic Electron Mirrors

from High Intensity Laser–Nanofoil Interactions

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Daniel Kiefer

    1. Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Garching, Germany

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  • Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany
  • Reports on the generation of a microscopic mirror structure accelerated to close to the speed of light
  • Covers experimental and theoretical aspects in an illustrative manner
  • Includes a comprehensive experimental study on laser-driven electron acceleration from nano-scale freestanding foils
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Daniel Kiefer
    Pages 1-5

  3. Theoretical Background

    • Daniel Kiefer
    Pages 7-32

  4. Experimental Methods: Lasers, Targets and Detectors

    • Daniel Kiefer
    Pages 33-52

  5. Electron Acceleration from Laser–Nanofoil Interactions

    • Daniel Kiefer
    Pages 53-77

  6. Coherent Thomson Backscattering from Relativistic Electron Mirrors

    • Daniel Kiefer
    Pages 79-97

  7. Conclusions and Outlook

    • Daniel Kiefer
    Pages 99-104

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 105-117
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A dense sheet of electrons accelerated to close to the speed of light can act as a tuneable mirror that can generate bright bursts of laser-like radiation in the short wavelength range simply via the reflection of a counter-propagating laser pulse. This thesis investigates the generation of such a relativistic electron mirror structure in a series of experiments accompanied by computer simulations. It is shown that such relativistic mirror can indeed be created from the interaction of a high-intensity laser pulse with a nanometer-scale, ultrathin foil. The reported work gives a intriguing insight into the complex dynamics of high-intensity laser-nanofoil interactions and constitutes a major step towards the development of a relativistic mirror, which could potentially generate bright burst of X-rays on a micro-scale.

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  • Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Garching, Germany

    Daniel Kiefer

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