Title :
Laser wakefield electron acceleration to multi-GeV energies in guiding structures
Author_Institution :
Joint Inst. for High Temps., Moscow, Russia
fDate :
June 30 2014-July 4 2014
Abstract :
Electron acceleration mechanisms in view of current and future experiments are discussed. Generation of energetic electron bunches in the laser interaction with preplasma created by laser prepulses at grazing incidence to solid targets is investigated.
Keywords :
electron accelerators; particle beam bunching; plasma accelerators; plasma light propagation; plasma production by laser; wakefield accelerators; electron acceleration mechanisms; energetic electron bunch generation; grazing incidence; guiding structures; laser interaction; laser prepulses; laser wakefield electron acceleration; multi-GeV energies; preplasma; solid targets; Acceleration; Electron traps; Lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Laser Optics, 2014 International Conference
Conference_Location :
Saint Petersburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3884-1
DOI :
10.1109/LO.2014.6886333
