Kazuyoshi Koyama

Particle-in-cell simulations of high energy electron production by intense laser pulses in underdense plasmas

The propagation of intense laser pulses and the generation of high energy electrons from the underdense plasmas are investigated using two dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. When the ratio of the laser power and a critical power of relativistic self-focusing is the optimal value, it propagates stably and electrons have maximum energies.