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Effect of lattice structure on energetic electron transport in solids irradiated by ultraintense laser pulses
P McKenna1, A P L Robinson, D Neely
1SUPA, Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom. paul.mckenna@strath.ac.uk
Abstract:
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.
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