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Effect of Lattice Structure on Energetic Electron Transport in Solids Irradiated by Ultraintense Laser Pulses

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Author

  • P. McKenna
  • A. P. L. Robinson
  • D. Neely
  • M. P. Desjarlais
  • D. C. Carroll
  • M. N. Quinn
  • X. H. Yuan
  • C. M. Brenner
  • Matthias Burza
  • M. Coury
  • P. Gallegos
  • R. J. Gray
  • K. L. Lancaster
  • Y. T. Li
  • X. X. Lin
  • O. Tresca
  • Claes-Göran Wahlström
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Summary, in English

The effect of lattice structure on the transport of energetic (MeV) electrons in solids irradiated by ultraintense laser pulses is investigated using various allotropes of carbon. We observe smooth electron transport in diamond, whereas beam filamentation is observed with less ordered forms of carbon. The highly ordered lattice structure of diamond is shown to result in a transient state of warm dense carbon with metalliclike conductivity, at temperatures of the order of 1-100 eV, leading to suppression of electron beam filamentation.

Department/s

Publishing year

2011

Language

English

Publication/Series

Physical Review Letters

Volume

106

Issue

18

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

American Physical Society

Topic

  • Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1079-7114