Title :
Two-color-laser-driven direct electron acceleration in infinite vacuum
Author :
Wong, Liang Jie ; Kärtner, Franz X.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci. & Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We propose a scheme that uses a two-color pulsed radially-polarized laser beam to achieve electron acceleration exceeding 90% of the theoretical energy gain limit, over twice of what is possible with a one-color beam.
Keywords :
electron accelerators; laser beam applications; light polarisation; energy gain limit; infinite vacuum; one-color beam; two-color pulsed radially-polarized laser beam; two-color-laser-driven direct electron acceleration; Acceleration; Electron beams; Laser beams; Laser theory; Optimized production technology; Power lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
