Influence of the laser pulse phase on the interaction of an ultrashort laser pulse with a dense target

Abstract

Using the recently obtained phase-controlled fewcycle laser pulse profiles we numerically analyse the differences on the dynamics of a strongly driven plasma. We study two-cycle carrier amplitude envelopes with different electric field phases interacting with a plasma slab, using a particle-in-cell code 1D3V. Results show the influence of the pulse phase on the dynamics of the released electrons.