Studies of ion acceleration in a one meter laser controlled collective accelerator

Author

Destler, W.W. ; Rodgers, J. ; Striffler, C.D. ; Yao, R.L.

Author_Institution

Lab. for Plasma Res., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

6-9 May 1991

Firstpage

2578

Abstract

The first- and second-generation Laser Controlled Beamfront Experiments are described. Control over the propagation of a virtual cathode at the front of an intense relativistic electron beam is achieved by a time-sequenced plasma channel produced by laser-target interactions. Ions are trapped and accelerated by the very strong electric fields (50-400 MV/m) at the virtual cathode. Theoretical studies of the model, ion production, initial ion acceleration phase, and of the laser-controlled beam front are presented.<>

Keywords

collective accelerators; ion accelerators; 1 m; Laser Controlled Beamfront Experiments; first generation; initial ion acceleration; ion acceleration; ion production; laser controlled collective accelerator; laser-controlled beam front; relativistic electron beam; second-generation; virtual cathode; Acceleration; Cathodes; Electron beams; Electron traps; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical control; Optical propagation; Plasma accelerators; Production;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1991. Accelerator Science and Technology., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0135-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1991.165035

Filename

165035