title: Anticorrelated Emission of High Harmonics and Fast Electron Beams From Plasma Mirrors.
abstract: We report for the first time on the anticorrelated emission of high-order harmonics and energetic electron beams from a solid-density plasma with a sharp vacuum interface-plasma mirror-driven by an intense ultrashort laser pulse. We highlight the key role played by the nanoscale structure of the plasma surface during the interaction by measuring the spatial and spectral properties of harmonics and electron beams emitted by a plasma mirror. We show that the nanoscale behavior of the plasma mirror can be controlled by tuning the scale length of the electron density gradient, which is measured in situ using spatial-domain interferometry.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA ParisTech, CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay, 828 bd des Maréchaux, 91762 Palaiseau cedex, France.
authors.forename: Maïmouna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bocoum
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA ParisTech, CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay, 828 bd des Maréchaux, 91762 Palaiseau cedex, France.
authors.forename: Maxence
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thévenet
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA ParisTech, CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay, 828 bd des Maréchaux, 91762 Palaiseau cedex, France.
authors.forename: Frederik
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Böhle
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA ParisTech, CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay, 828 bd des Maréchaux, 91762 Palaiseau cedex, France.
authors.forename: Benoît
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Beaurepaire
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA ParisTech, CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay, 828 bd des Maréchaux, 91762 Palaiseau cedex, France.
authors.forename: Aline
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vernier
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA ParisTech, CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay, 828 bd des Maréchaux, 91762 Palaiseau cedex, France.
authors.forename: Aurélie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jullien
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA ParisTech, CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay, 828 bd des Maréchaux, 91762 Palaiseau cedex, France.
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Faure
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA ParisTech, CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay, 828 bd des Maréchaux, 91762 Palaiseau cedex, France.
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lopez-Martens