Title :
Quasi-phasematched laser wakefield acceleration in a corrugated plasma channel
Author :
Yoon, S.J. ; Palastro, J.P. ; Gordon, D.F. ; Milchberg, H.M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Res. in Electron. & Appl. Phys., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
Plasma wakefields driven by laser pulses can accelerate electrons to relativistic energies. The energy saturates when electrons outrun the wakefield´s accelerating phase. Quasi-phasematching, enabled by corrugated plasma channels, is applied to overcome this limitation.
Keywords :
plasma electrostatic waves; plasma light propagation; plasma simulation; relativistic plasmas; 2D particle-in-cell simulation; corrugated plasma channel; laser pulses; plasma electrostatic wakefields; quasiphasematched laser wakefield acceleration; relativistic energy; Acceleration; Harmonic analysis; Laser theory; Plasmas; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
