Laser-driven accelerators by colliding pulses injection: A review of simulation and experimental results

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Malka, V ^a   Faure, J ^a   Rechatin, C ^a   Ben Ismail, A ^a,b   Lim, J K ^a   Davoine, X ^c   Lefebvre, E ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE LEPRINCE RINGUET   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; LASER PULSES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

COLLIDING PULSE; COUNTER-PROPAGATING LASER PULSE; CROSS-POLARIZED; ELECTRON-BEAM PARAMETERS; PARALLEL POLARIZATION; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; STOCHASTIC HEATING; UNDERDENSE PLASMAS;

PLASMA SIMULATION;

EID: 66449091467     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3079486     Document Type: Conference Paper

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