Table 2 Hot electron yield \({Y}_{{e}^{-}}\), positron yield \({Y}_{{e}^{+}}\), the laser energy conversion efficiency \({\eta }_{{\rm{laser}}\to {e}^{+}}\) and angle with respect to the laser axis containing 50% positrons emitted from the high Z target when \({a}_{0}=20\).

From: Copious positron production by femto-second laser via absorption enhancement in a microstructured surface target

\({\bf{d}}({\boldsymbol{\mu }}{\bf{m}})\)

0.5

2.0

3.7

4.5

5

\({Y}_{{e}^{-}}\) (>5 MeV)

\(5.2\times {10}^{10}\)

\(2.3\times {10}^{11}\)

\(2.3\times {10}^{11}\)

\(1.9\times {10}^{11}\)

\(1.8\times {10}^{11}\)

\({Y}_{{e}^{+}}\)

\(3.2\times {10}^{7}\)

\(2.9\times {10}^{9}\)

\(7.2\times {10}^{9}\)

\(7.6\times {10}^{9}\)

\(6.1\times {10}^{9}\)

\({\eta }_{{\rm{laser}}\to {e}^{+}}\)

\(7.5\times {10}^{-6}\)

0.03%

0.13%

0.18%

0.14%

\({\theta }_{{e}^{+}}\) (>50%)

27.7°

23.85°

25.20°

24.93°

25.38°