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Record Id	32634345
Title	Effects of target pre-heating and expansion on terahertz radiation production from intense laser-solid interactions
Contributors	X Yuan, Y Fang, D Carroll (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab., and Strathclyde Univ.), D MacLellan (Strathclyde Univ.), F Du, N Booth (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), M Burza, M Chen, R Gray (Strathclyde Univ.), Y Jin, Y Li, Y Liu, D Neely (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), H Powell, G Scott (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab., and Strathclyde Univ.), C Wahlström, J Zhang, P McKenna (Strathclyde Univ.), Z Sheng
Abstract	The first experimental measurements of intense (∼7×1019 W cm−2) laser-driven terahertz (THz) radiation from a solid target which is preheated by an intense pulse of laser-accelerated protons is reported. The total energy of the THz radiation is found to decrease by approximately a factor of 2 compared to a cold target reference. This is attributed to an increase in the scale length of the preformed plasma, driven by proton heating, at the front surface of the target, where the THz radiation is generated. The results show the importance of controlling the preplasma scale length for THz production.
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Language	English (EN)

Type	Details	URI(s)	Local file(s)	Year
Journal Article	High Power Laser Sci Eng 2 (2014): e5.	doi:10.1017/hpl.2014.7		2014