Ultrafast electron emission from metallic nanotip arrays induced by near infrared femtosecond laser pulses

Laser-induced ultrafast electron emission from a field emission tip

We show that a fi eld emission tip electron source that is triggered with a femtosecond laser pulse can generate electron pulses shorter than the laser pulse duration (100  fs). The emission process is sensitive to a power law of the laser intensity, which supports an emission mechanism based on multiphoton absorption followed by over-the-barrier emission. Observed continuous transitions betw...

Collimated fast electron emission from long wires irradiated by intense femtosecond laser pulses.

We have experimentally demonstrated that fast electrons emitted from a metallic wire irradiated by a 5 × 10(18) W/cm(2) laser pulse can be collimated along the wire, and that their intensity is significantly enhanced in the axial direction of the wire. As the wire length is increased up to 30 mm from the laser focal spot, the angular divergence of the emitted electrons with energies of hundreds...

Control of ultrafast electron dynamics with shaped femtosecond laser pulses: from atoms to solids

Ultrafast electron beam imaging of femtosecond laser-induced plasma dynamics

Plasma dynamics in the early stage of laser ablation of a copper target are investigated in real time by making ultrafast electron shadow images and electron deflectometry measurements. These complementary techniques provide both a global view and a local perspective of the associated transient electric field and charge expansion dynamics. The results reveal that the charge cloud above the targ...

Efficient light coupling for optically excited high-density metallic nanotip arrays

Ultrafast electron pulses can be produced from sharp metallic tips illuminated by femtosecond near infrared laser pulses. Use of an array of metallic nanotips for high charge bunch generation and accelerator applications is also feasible but the small fraction of the emitter tip area limits the quantum efficiency. We therefore propose a submicron-pitch, high-density nanotip array device with a ...