Title Relativistic Electron Mirrors : from High Intensity Laser???Nanofoil Interactions Author(s) Kiefer, Daniel Publication Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2015. Description XIII, 117 p. 62 illus., 59 illus. in color : online resource Abstract Note A dense sheet of electrons accelerated to close to the speed of light can act as a tuneable mirror that can generate bright bursts of laser-like radiation in the short wavelength range simply via the reflection of a counter-propagating laser pulse. This thesis investigates the generation of such a relativistic electron mirror structure in a series of experiments accompanied by computer simulations. It is shown that such relativistic mirror can indeed be created from the interaction of a high-intensity laser pulse with a nanometer-scale, ultrathin foil. The reported work gives a intriguing insight into the complex dynamics of high-intensity laser???nanofoil interactions and constitutes a major step towards the development of a relativistic mirror, which could potentially generate bright burst of X-rays on a micro-scale ISBN,Price 9783319077529 Keyword(s) 1. EBOOK 2. EBOOK - SPRINGER 3. LASERS 4. Nanoscale science 5. Nanoscale Science and Technology 6. NANOSCIENCE 7. Nanostructures 8. Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices 9. Particle acceleration 10. Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics 11. PHOTONICS 12. PLASMA (IONIZED GASES) 13. PLASMA PHYSICS Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I06143     On Shelf