A proof-of-principle experiment of laser wakefield acceleration
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Physica Scripta
- Vol. T52, 61-64
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-8949/1994/t52/009
Abstract
A principle of the laser wakefield particle acceleration has been tested by the Nd : glass laser system with the peak power of 30 TW and the pulse duration of 1 ps. The particle acceleration up to 18 MeV/c has been demonstrated by injecting 1.0 MeV/c electrons emitted from a solid target by an intense laser impact. The corresponding field gradient achieves 1.7 GeV/m.Keywords
This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
- Ultrahigh-gradient acceleration of injected electrons by laser-excited relativistic electron plasma wavesPhysical Review Letters, 1993
- Observation of modulational instability in Nd-laser beat-wave experimentsPhysical Review Letters, 1992
- Beat-wave excitation of plasma wave and observation of accelerated electronsPhysical Review Letters, 1992
- Prepulse-free 30-TW, 1-ps Nd:glass laserOptics Letters, 1991
- Residual energy in plasmas produced by intense subpicosecond lasersPhysical Review A, 1991
- Observation of relativistic plasma waves generated by the beat-wave with 1 μm lasersPhysica Scripta, 1990
- Laser wakefield acceleration and relativistic optical guidingApplied Physics Letters, 1988
- Generation of ultrahigh peak power pulses by chirped pulse amplificationIEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1988
- Relativistic Plasma-Wave Excitation by Collinear Optical MixingPhysical Review Letters, 1985
- Laser Electron AcceleratorPhysical Review Letters, 1979