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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628824
