Title :
High power guiding and electron acceleration in pure N5+ plasma channels
Author :
Goers, A.J. ; Yoon, S.J. ; Hine, G.A. ; Elle, J.A. ; Milchberg, H.M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Res. in Electron. & Appl. Phys., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
We examine the interaction of relativistic laser pulses with plasma channels formed in a nitrogen cluster jet. We observe creation of nearly pure N5+ plasma channels and ionization injected wakefield beams with energies >100 MeV.
Keywords :
nitrogen; plasma accelerators; plasma diagnostics; plasma jets; relativistic plasmas; N5+; N5+ plasma channels; electron acceleration; high-power guiding; ionization injected wakefield beams; nitrogen cluster jet; plasma channels; relativistic laser pulses; Acceleration; Gas lasers; Ionization; Laser theory; Nitrogen; Plasmas; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
