Title :
Vacuum acceleration in a regime beyond Brunel absorption
Author :
Marjoribanks, R.S. ; Geindre, J.-P. ; Audebert, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
We describe a new regime of vacuum acceleration in laser-plasmas driven by ultrafast pulses of relativistic intensity, in which space-charge separation leads to strongly enhanced laser absorption and 20 MeV electrons accelerated outward.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; light absorption; plasma production by laser; Brunel absorption; electron volt energy 20 MeV; laser absorption; laser-plasmas; relativistic intensity; space-charge separation; ultrafast pulses; vacuum acceleration; Absorption; Acceleration; Electrons; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical surface waves; Plasma accelerators; Plasma density; Plasma simulation; Ultrafast optics; (190.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics; (320.2250) Femtosecond phenomena;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
