Published March 2015 | Version v1
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Electron acceleration by linearly polarized twisted laser pulse with narrow divergence

  • 1. Department of Physics, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
  • 3. Faculty of Physics, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman (Iran, Islamic Republic of)

Description

We numerically investigate the vacuum electron acceleration by a high-intensity linearly polarized twisted laser pulse. It is shown that the inherent spiral structure of a Laguerre-Gaussian laser pulse leads to improvement in trapping and acceleration of an electron to energies of the order of GeV in the off-axis case. Also, it is demonstrated that by employing a proper choice of initial injection parameters, the high-energetic electrons with very small scattering angles can be produced

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Journal Title
Physics of Plasmas
Journal Volume
22
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 033118-033118.10
ISSN
1070-664X
CODEN
PHPAEN

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46114108
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ACCELERATION; GEV RANGE; LASERS; POLARIZED BEAMS; PULSES; SCATTERING; TAIL ELECTRONS; TRAPPING
Descriptors DEC
BEAMS; ELECTRONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; LEPTONS

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