Surface plasmons in superintense laser-solid interactions

A Macchi - Physics of Plasmas, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
We review studies of superintense laser interactions with solid targets where the generation
of propagating surface plasmons (or surface waves) plays a key role. These studies include …

Extensive study of electron acceleration by relativistic surface plasmons

G Cantono, A Sgattoni, L Fedeli, D Garzella… - Physics of …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The excitation of surface plasmons with ultra-intense (I∼ 5× 10 19 W/cm 2), high contrast (∼
10 12) laser pulses on periodically modulated solid targets has been recently demonstrated …