Theory of Light Sail Acceleration by Intense Lasers: an Overview

Year: 2014

Authors: Macchi A.

Autors Affiliation: 1) National Institute of Optics, National Research Council (CNR/INO), Research Unit ‘Adriano Gozzini’
2) Department of Physics ‘Enrico Fermi’, University of Pisa, largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy

Abstract: A short overview of the theory of acceleration of thin foils driven by the radiation pressure of superintense lasers is presented. A simple criterion for radiation pressure dominance at intensities around 5 x 10(20) W cm(-2) is given, and the possibility for fast energy gain in the relativistic regime is discussed.

Journal/Review: HIGH POWER LASER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Volume: 2      Pages from: e10-1  to: e10-6

More Information: It is a pleasure to thank S. V. Bulanov and F. Pegoraro for scientific inspiration and enlightening discussions, and T. V. Liseykina, A. Sgattoni, S. Sinigardi, and M. Tamburini for hard simulation work. Support from the Italian Ministry of University and Research via the FIR project ’SULDIS’ is acknowledged.
KeyWords: light sail; radiation pressure; laser-plasma acceleration of electrons and ions; laser-driven acceleration
DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2014.13

Citations: 20
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