DocumentCode
884902
Title
Experiments on the Plasma Beat-Wave Accelerator
Author
Ebrahim, N.A. ; Lavigne, P. ; Aithal, S.
Author_Institution
Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Volume
32
Issue
5
fYear
1985
Firstpage
3539
Lastpage
3541
Abstract
We report an experimental study of the beat-wave excitation of plasma waves using a short pulse, high intensity CO2 laser with two colinearly propagating beams to excite the fast wave (vp ¿ c) in a long-scale-length underdense plasma. Maximum plasma wave amplitudes n1/n0 ¿ 0.19 with effective longitudinal electric field gradients of ¿ 6 GV/m over a distance of 0.5 mm were achieved in these experiments.
Keywords
Acceleration; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical pulses; Particle beams; Plasma accelerators; Plasma density; Plasma measurements; Plasma waves; Pulse measurements;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TNS.1985.4334421
Filename
4334421
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