Title :
A general threshold for laser-driven linear particle acceleration in infinite vacuum
Author :
Wong, Liang Jie ; Kärtner, Franz X.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We derive a threshold formula for unbounded vacuum acceleration by hypothesizing that this is possible only if the field perturbs the particle relativistically in its initial rest frame. Numerical simulations support our formula and hypothesis.
Keywords :
electron accelerators; linear accelerators; numerical analysis; infinite vacuum; laser-driven linear particle acceleration; threshold formula; unbounded vacuum acceleration; Acceleration; Approximation methods; Free electron lasers; Laser beams; Laser theory; Numerical simulation; Particle beams;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
