Plasma wakefield excitation by incoherent laser pulses: a path towards high-average power laser-plasma accelerators

被引：0

作者：

Benedetti, C. ^{[1
]}

Schroeder, C. B. ^{[1
]}

Esarey, E. ^{[1
]}

Leemans, W. P. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

来源：

ADVANCED ACCELERATOR CONCEPTS, (AAC 2014) | 2016年 / 1777卷

关键词：

laser-plasma accelerators; simulation;

D O I：

10.1063/1.4965603

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

We study plasma wave excitation by an incoherent combination of a large number of low energy laser pulses (i.e., without constraining the pulse phases). We show that, in spite of the incoherent nature of electromagnetic fields within the volume occupied by the pulses, the excited wakefield behind the driver is regular and its amplitude is equal to that obtained using a single, coherent pulse with the same energy. Incoherent combination of multiple laser pulses may enable a technologically simpler path to high-repetition rate, high-average power laser-plasma accelerators, and associated applications.

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