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When propagating inside dielectrics, an ultrafast Bessel beam creates a high aspect ratio cylinder of plasma with nanometric diameter that extends over several tens of micrometers to centimeters. We analyze the interaction between the intense ultrafast laser pulse and the plasma rod using particle-in-cell simulations. We show that electrons are heated and accelerated up to keV energies via transit acceleration inside the resonance lobes in the vicinity of the critical surface and compute their radiation pattern.
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The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant agreement No 682032-PULSAR), Région Bourgogne Franche-Comté, I-SITE BFC project (contract ANR-15-IDEX-0003), and the EIPHI Graduate School (ANR-17-EURE-0002). We acknowledge the support of PRACE HPC resources under the Project “PULSARPIC” (PRA19_4980 and RA5614), and GENCI resources under projects A0070511001 and A0090511001.
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Ardaneh, K., Giust, R., Charpin, PJ. et al. Electron heating and radiation in high aspect ratio sub-micron plasma generated by an ultrafast Bessel pulse within a solid dielectric. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 232, 2247–2252 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-022-00751-y
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