• High Power Laser Science and Engineering
  • Vol. 12, Issue 6, 06000e69 (2024)
Li-Xiang Hu1, Tong-Pu Yu1,*, Yue Cao1, Min Chen2..., De-Bin Zou1, Yan Yin1, Zheng-Ming Sheng2 and Fu-Qiu Shao1|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Department of Physics, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China
  • 2Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA (CICIFSA), Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MoE) and School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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    DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2024.66 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Li-Xiang Hu, Tong-Pu Yu, Yue Cao, Min Chen, De-Bin Zou, Yan Yin, Zheng-Ming Sheng, Fu-Qiu Shao, "Rotating attosecond electron sheets and ultra-brilliant multi-MeV γ-rays driven by intense laser pulses," High Power Laser Sci. Eng. 12, 06000e69 (2024) Copy Citation Text show less

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    Isolated multi-MeV $\gamma$ -rays with attosecond duration, high collimation and beam angular momentum (BAM) may find many interesting applications in nuclear physics, astrophysics, etc. Here, we propose a scheme to generate such $\gamma$ -rays via nonlinear Thomson scattering of a rotating relativistic electron sheet driven by a few-cycle twisted laser pulse interacting with a micro-droplet target. Our model clarifies the laser intensity threshold and carrier-envelope phase effect on the generation of the isolated electron sheet. Three-dimensional numerical simulations demonstrate the $\gamma$ -ray emission with 320 attoseconds duration and peak brilliance of $9.3\times 10^{24}$ photons s ${}^{-1}$ mrad ${}^{-2}$ mm ${}^{-2}$ per 0.1 $\%$ bandwidth at 4.3 MeV. The $\gamma$ -ray beam carries a large BAM of $2.8 \times 10^{16}\mathrm{\hslash}$ , which arises from the efficient BAM transfer from the rotating electron sheet, subsequently leading to a unique angular distribution. This work should promote the experimental investigation of nonlinear Thomson scattering of rotating electron sheets in large laser facilities.
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    Li-Xiang Hu, Tong-Pu Yu, Yue Cao, Min Chen, De-Bin Zou, Yan Yin, Zheng-Ming Sheng, Fu-Qiu Shao, "Rotating attosecond electron sheets and ultra-brilliant multi-MeV γ-rays driven by intense laser pulses," High Power Laser Sci. Eng. 12, 06000e69 (2024)
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