Limits on laser wakefield accelerators

Yedierler B., Bilikmen S.

REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, cilt.70, sa.4, ss.1983-1985, 1999 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 70 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 1999
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1063/1.1149698
  • Dergi Adı: REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1983-1985
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The longitudinal and radial wakefields produced by a single laser pulse in a plasma are calculated. The limits on the laser wakefield acceleration because of diffraction, optical guiding, and energy loss due to radiation are examined. In particular for a bi-Gaussian laser beam, the energy gain about 4.6 GeV/cm s is estimated. A general constraint on the plasma density is presented. All the limits are compared and a localized density channel of width 4.6 x 10(-5) cm is proposed. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0034-6748(99)03304-3].