Optical guiding of a radially polarized laser beam for inverse Cherenkov acceleration in a plasma channel

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1190-1193

  Serafim, P ^a   Sprangle, Phillip ^b   Hafizi, Bahman ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ICARUS RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PLASMA DENSITY; WAVE EQUATIONS;

GAUSSIAN BEAM; INVERSE CHERENKOV ACCELERATOR; LASER DIFFRACTION;

PLASMA ACCELERATORS;

EID: 0034240020     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.893303     Document Type: Article

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