Published July 1999 | Version v1
Journal article

Laser acceleration in vacuum, gases, and plasmas with capillary waveguide

Creators

  • 1. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)

Description

I propose a new method for laser acceleration of relativistic electrons using the leaky modes of a hollow dielectric waveguide. The hollow core of the waveguide can be either in vacuum or filled with uniform gases or plasmas. In case of vacuum and gases, TM01 mode is used for direct acceleration. In case of plasmas, EH11 mode is used to drive longitudinal plasma wave for acceleration. Structure damage due to high power laser can be avoided by choosing a core radius sufficiently larger than laser wavelength. Effect of nonuniform plasma density on waveguide performance is also analyzed. copyright 1999 American Institute of Physics

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
472
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 701-710
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
8. workshop on advanced accelerator concepts
Dates
6-11 Jul 1998
Place
Baltimore, MD (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
31001443
Subject category
S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CAVITY RESONATORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRON BEAMS; LASER RADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; WAVEGUIDES
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; BEAMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; LEPTON BEAMS; PARTICLE BEAMS; RADIATIONS; RESONATORS

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-980742--