Propagation of a Short Intense Laser Pulse in a Curved Plasma Channel

Author

Reitsma, Albert ; Jaroszynski, Dino

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow

Volume

36

Issue

4

fYear

2008

Firstpage

1738

Lastpage

1745

Abstract

In this paper, the propagation of a short intense laser pulse in a curved plasma channel is considered. The effects of the shape of the plasma density profile and feedback from the wakefield on the pulse envelope dynamics are studied, with particular attention being paid to the conditions for avoiding laser spot size and centroid oscillations. A possible application to laser wakefield acceleration in the nonlinear regime is discussed.

Keywords

electron accelerators; particle beam bunching; plasma accelerators; plasma density; plasma instability; plasma light propagation; plasma oscillations; plasma simulation; 1-D simulations; centroid oscillations; curved plasma channel; electron acceleration; electron bunch; feedback instability; intense laser pulse propagation; laser pulse envelope dynamics; laser wakefield acceleration; laser-plasma interaction; nonlinear regime; plasma density profile; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Plasma accelerators; Plasma applications; Plasma density; Plasma properties; Plasma waves; Plasma x-ray sources; Waveguide lasers; Laser–plasma interaction; plasma waveguides; plasma-based acceleration methods;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2008.927148

Filename

4599084