Laser driven electron acceleration in vacuum, gases, and plasmas*

شبیه‌سازی ذره‌ای شتاب دادن الکترون‌ها در پلاسمای کم چگال

One of the interesting Laser-Plasma phenomena, when the laser power is high and ultra intense, is the generation of large amplitude plasma waves (Wakefield) and electron acceleration. An intense electromagnetic laser pulse can create plasma oscillations through the action of the nonlinear pondermotive force. electrons trapped in the wake can be accelerated to high energies, more than 1 TW. Of t...

Recent progress on laser acceleration

Recently, there has been a great interest in ultrahigh "eld particle acceleration driven by ultraintense laser pulses in plasmas. Although particle acceleration by laser "elds has been proposed since the beginning of the laser evolution, there has been tremendous progress in recent years. The laser-driven particle acceleration concepts are reviewed on the physics mechanism. In particular, the e...

Laser - Driven Electron Acceleration in Infinite Vacuum

I first review basic models for laser-plasma interaction that explain electron acceleration and beam confinement in plasma. Next, I discuss ponderomotive electron acceleration in infinite vacuum, showing that the transverse scattering angle of the accelerated electron may be kept small with a proper choice of parameters. I then analyze the direct (a.k.a. linear) acceleration of an electron in i...

Resonantly laser-driven plasma waves for electron acceleration.

LBNL Report, LBNL-53510 Physics of Laser-Driven Plasma-Based Accelerators

The physics of plasma-based accelerators driven by short-pulse lasers is reviewed. This includes the laser wakefield accelerator, the plasma beat wave accelerator, the self-modulated laser wakefield accelerator, and plasma waves driven by multiple laser pulses. The properties of linear and nonlinear plasma waves are discussed, as well as electron acceleration in plasma waves. Methods for inject...