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[Submitted on 20 Jul 2018]
Title:Absorption of High Intensity, High Contrast Femtosecond Laser Pulses by a Solid
View PDFAbstract:The basic understanding of high-intensity femtosecond laser absorption in a solid is crucial for high-energy-density science. This multidimensional problem has many variables like laser parameters, solid target material, and geometry of the excitation. This is important for a basic understanding of intense laser-matter interaction as well for applications such as `plasma mirror'. Here, we have experimentally observed high-intensity, high-contrast femtosecond laser absorption by an optically polished fused silica target at near-relativistic laser intensities ($\sim$10$^{18}$ W/cm$^2$). The laser absorption as a function of angle of incidence and incident energy is investigated for both $p$- and $s$-polarized pulses in detail, providing a strong indication of the presence of collisionless processes. At an optimum angle of incidence, almost as large as 80% of the laser ($p$-polarized) energy gets absorbed in the target. Such a high percentage of absorption at near-relativistic intensities has not been observed before. At smaller angles of incidence the high reflectivity (e.g. about 60 - 70% at 30$^\circ$ incidence) indicate that, this study is fundamentally relevant for plasma mirrors at near-relativistic intensities.
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