Particle-in-cell simulations of high energy electron production by intense laser pulses in underdense plasmas
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The propagation of intense laser pulses and the generation of high energy electrons from the underdense plasmas are investigated using two dimensional particlein-cell simulations. When the ratio of the laser power and a critical power of relativistic self-focusing is the optimal value, it propagates stably and electrons have maximum energies.
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