Absorption of ultrashort intense lasers in laser–solid interactions*
Sheng Zheng-Minga),b),†, Weng Su-Minga), Yu Lu-Lea), Wang Wei-Minc), Cui Yun-Qianc), Chen Mina), Zhang Jiea)
Fig. 9. a Electron energy distributions from 1D PIC simulations of laser interaction with test electrons in a vacuum. b Electron energy distributions from 1D PIC simulations, where the plasma slab has thickness L #cod#x003D; 50 #cod#x03BB; 0 and density n #cod#x003D; 0.04 n c . A semi-infinite laser pulse is incident with a peak amplitude of a 1 #cod#x003D; 3.0. [ 119 ]