Injection, trapping, and acceleration of electrons in a three-dimensional nonlinear laser wakefield

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Kalmykov, S Yu ^a   Gorbunov, L M ^b   Mora, P ^c   Shvets, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRON TRAPS; LASER PULSES; LASERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

FOCUSING PHASES; HOMOGENEOUS PLASMA; NONLINEAR LASER WAKEFIELD; PLASMA FREQUENCY;

WAKES;

EID: 33751577338     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2363172     Document Type: Article

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