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Self-injection threshold in self-guided laser wakefield accelerators

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Författare

Summary, in English

A laser pulse traveling through a plasma can excite large amplitude plasma waves that can be used to accelerate relativistic electron beams in a very short distance-a technique called laser wakefield acceleration. Many wakefield acceleration experiments rely on the process of wave breaking, or self-injection, to inject electrons into the wave, while other injection techniques rely on operation without self-injection. We present an experimental study into the parameters, including the pulse energy, focal spot quality, and pulse power, that determine whether or not a wakefield accelerator will self-inject. By taking into account the processes of self-focusing and pulse compression we are able to extend a previously described theoretical model, where the minimum bubble size k(p)r(b) required for trapping is not constant but varies slowly with density and find excellent agreement with this model.

Avdelning/ar

Publiceringsår

2012

Språk

Engelska

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams

Volym

15

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

American Physical Society

Ämne

  • Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1098-4402