Published February 2005
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Journal article
Acceleration of electrons from rest to GeV energies by ultrashort transverse magnetic laser pulses in free space
- 1. Departemento de Fisica Aplicada, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenerios de Minas, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Rios Rosas 21, E-28003 Madrid (Spain)
- 2. Centre d'Optique, Photonique et Laser, Universite Laval, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada G1K 7P4 (Canada)
Description
In this paper we describe a laser acceleration scheme where an electron is accelerated from rest to GeV energies by the longitudinal electric field of an ultrashort transverse magnetic (TM01) optical pulse. The on-axis longitudinal electric field of the pulse is obtained from the free-space divergence equation beyond the so-called slowly-varying-envelope approximation. The instantaneous electron dynamics is studied; numerical simulations predict net energy gains in the GeV range for laser intensities reaching 1022 W/cm2
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics
- Journal Volume
- 71
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 026603-026603.10
- ISSN
- 1063-651X
- CODEN
- PLEEE8
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 36083297
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCELERATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTRONS; GEV RANGE; LASERS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NET ENERGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PULSES; SIMULATION
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY; ENERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY RANGE; EQUATIONS; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; MATHEMATICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
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- (c) 2005 The American Physical Society