Mapping the Damping Dynamics of a Mega-Ampere Electron Pulse Inside a Solid (IMAGE)

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Mapping the Damping Dynamics of a Mega-Ampere Electron Pulse Inside a Solid

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The table-top laser experiment at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. (a) A high power laser pulse creates mega-ampere electron current pulses. Cherenkov emission in the form of cones is emitted by these electrons traveling faster than light in glass. (b) the time trace of the Cherenkov emission measured in the experiment.

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Moniruzzaman Shaikh, P. P. Rajeev and G Ravindra Kumar

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