Electron bunch acceleration and trapping by ponderomotive force of an intense short-pulse laser

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-67

  Kawata, Shigeo ^a   Kong, Qing ^c   Miyazaki, Shuji ^a   Miyauchi, Kohichi ^a   Sonobe, Ryo ^a   Sakai, Kei ^a   Nakajima, Kazuhisa ^b   Masuda, Shinichi ^b   Ho, Y K ^c   Miyanaga, Noriaki ^d   Limpouch, Jiri ^e   Andreev, A A ^f  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^f INSTITUTE FOR LASER PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Electron bunch; Laser electron acceleration; Ponderomotive acceleration

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON TRAPS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; LASER PULSES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRON BUNCH; ENERGY GAIN; LASER ELECTRON ACCELERATION; PONDEROMOTIVE ACCELERATION;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 21044438896     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034605050123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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