Laser wakefield acceleration and relativistic optical guiding
- 28 November 1988
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 53 (22), 2146-2148
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.100300
Abstract
An electron acceleration method is investigated which employs a short (τL ∼2πωω−1p ∼1 ps), high‐power (P≥1015 W), single frequency laser pulse to generate large amplitude (E≥1 GeV/m) plasma waves (wakefields). At sufficiently high laser powers [P≥17(ω/ωp )2 GW], relativistic optical guiding may be used to prevent the pulse from diffracting within the plasma.Keywords
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