A dense sheet of electrons accelerated to close to the speed of
light can act as a tuneable mirror that can generate bright bursts
of laser-like radiation in the short wavelength range simply via
the reflection of a counter-propagating laser pulse. This thesis
investigates the generation of such a relativistic electron mirror
structure in a series of experiments accompanied by computer
simulations. It is shown that such relativistic mirror can indeed
be created from the interaction of a high-intensity laser pulse
with a nanometer-scale, ultrathin foil. The reported work gives a
intriguing insight into the complex dynamics of high-intensity
laser-nanofoil interactions and constitutes a major step towards
the development of a relativistic mirror, which could potentially
generate bright burst of X-rays on a micro-scale.
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