Laser-driven plasma-based accelerators: Wakefield excitation, channel guiding, and laser triggered particle injection

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作者
Leemans, WP [1 ]
Volfbeyn, P
Guo, KZ
Chattopadhyay, S
Schroeder, CB
Shadwick, BA
Lee, PB
Wurtele, JS
Esarey, E
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[2] Univ Calif Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[3] USN, Res Lab, Washington, DC 20375 USA
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10.1063/1.872820
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
Plasma-based accelerators are discussed in which high-power short pulse lasers are the power source, suitably tailored plasma structures provide guiding of the laser beam and support large accelerating gradients, and an optical scheme is used to produce time-synchronized ultrashort electron bunches. From scaling laws laser requirements are obtained for development of compact high-energy accelerators. Simulation results of laser guiding and wakefield excitation in plasma channels, as well as laser-based injection of particles into a plasma wake, are presented. Details of the experimental program at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on laser guiding, laser wakefield-based accelerators, and laser triggered injection are given.
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页码:1615 / 1623
页数:9
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