DocumentCode
2881005
Title
The effect of laser focusing conditions in laser wakefield acceleration experiments
Author
Thomas, A.G.R. ; Mangles, S.P.D. ; Najmudin, Z. ; Murphy, C.D. ; Dangor, A.E. ; Rozmus, W. ; Krushelnick, K. ; Foster, P.S. ; Norreys, P.A. ; Gallacher, J.G. ; Jaroszynski, D.A. ; Mori, W.B.
Author_Institution
Blackett Lab., Imperial Coll. London, London
fYear
2006
fDate
21-26 May 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
The effect of focusing conditions in laser wakefield acceleration is studied. Short focal length geometries produce large dark currents while longer focal lengths produce narrow energy spread beams.
Keywords
dark conductivity; optical focusing; plasma accelerators; plasma light propagation; wakefield accelerators; dark currents; focal length geometries; laser focusing conditions; laser wakefield plasma acceleration; narrow energy spread beams; Acceleration; Dark current; Electrons; Geometrical optics; Laboratories; Optical pulses; Physics; Plasma accelerators; Plasma properties; Plasma waves; 320.7090; 350.5400;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628824
Filename
4628824
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