Enhanced laser-driven proton acceleration via improved fast electron heating in a controlled pre-plasma

Developments of electron and proton acceleration using Laser-plasma Interaction

With the development in ultra-short, ultra-intense laser technology, the potential of inventing novel table-size charged particle accelerators using laser-plasma interaction has attracted a lot of attentions due to its advantages comparing to classical accelerators. The accelerators have broad application aspects, such as medical imaging, cancer therapy, fast ignition in inertial fusion, and pr...

Proton Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration

Plasma wakefield acceleration, either laser driven or electron-bunch driven, has been demonstrated to hold great potential. However, it is not obvious how to scale these approaches to bring particles up to the TeV regime. In this paper, we discuss the possibility of proton-bunch driven plasma wakefield acceleration, and show that high energy electron beams could potentially be produced in a sin...

Parametric amplification of laser-driven electron acceleration in underdense plasma.

A new mechanism is reported that increases electron energy gain from a laser beam of ultrarelativistic intensity in underdense plasma. The increase occurs when the laser produces an ion channel that confines accelerated electrons. The frequency of electron oscillations across the channel is strongly modulated by the laser beam, which causes parametric amplification of the oscillations and enhan...

LASER DRIVEN ELECTRON ACCELERATION TO GeV ENERGIES IN PLASMA CHANNELS

This paper presents a brief discussion of ultra-short laser pulse propagation and laser wakefield acceleration in plasma channels. An envelope equation for the perturbed laser beam radius is given, including finite-pulse length and nonlinear effects. Angular distribution of electrons generated by the process of laser ionization and ponderomotive acceleration (LIPA) is also discussed. An example...

Resonantly laser-driven plasma waves for electron acceleration.