Published April 15, 1997
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Journal article
Electron injection and acceleration by colliding laser pulses in plasmas
- 1. Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley California 94720 (United States)
- 2. Beam Physics Branch, Plasma Physics Division Naval Research Laboratory, Washington District of Columbia 20375-5346 (United States)
Description
An injector and accelerator is analyzed that uses three collinear laser pulses in a plasma an intense pump pulse, which generates a large wakefield (≥15 GV/m), and two counterpropagating injection pulses. When the injection pulses collide, a slow phase velocity ponderomotive wave is generated that injects electrons into the fast wakefield for acceleration. For injection pulse intensities of 5x1016 W/cm2 and wakefield amplitudes of δn/n≅0.6, the production of ultrashort (≤20 fs) relativistic electron bunches with energy spreads ≤20% and densities ≥1017 cm-3 appears possible
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.53565;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Journal Volume
- 406
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 485-494
- ISSN
- 0094-243X
- CODEN
- APCPCS
Conference
- Title
- 13. international conference on laser interactions and related plasma phenomena
- Dates
- 13-18 Apr 1997
- Place
- Monterey, CA (United States)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40044237
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCELERATION; BEAM-PLASMA SYSTEMS; ELECTRON BEAM INJECTION; ELECTRONS; LASER RADIATION; LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA; LASERS; PHASE VELOCITY; PONDEROMOTIVE FORCE; PULSES; RELATIVISTIC RANGE
- Descriptors DEC
- BEAM INJECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; PLASMA; RADIATIONS; VELOCITY
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 1997 American Institute of Physics.