Pump depletion limited evolution of the relativistic plasma wave-front in a forced laser-wakefield accelerator

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Fang, F ^a   Clayton, C E ^a   Marsh, K A ^a   Pak, A E ^a   Ralph, J E ^a   Lopes, N C ^b   Joshi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED ELECTRONS; DEPHASING LENGTH; ELECTRON PLASMA WAVES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FULL WIDTH HALF MAXIMUM; GROUP VELOCITIES; HIGH DENSITY PLASMAS; LASER ENERGIES; LEADING EDGE; LOW-DENSITY PLASMAS; PLASMA PERIOD; PROPAGATION DISTANCES; PUMP DEPLETION; PUMP PULSE; REFRACTOMETRY; RELATIVISTIC PLASMAS; THOMSON SCATTERING; WAKE FIELDS;

ELECTRONS; LASER PULSES; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MICROWAVE GENERATION; PERMITTIVITY; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PLASMA WAVES; PLASMAS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; WAVEFRONTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION IN PLASMA;

EID: 67649232059     PISSN: 07413335     EISSN: 13616587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/51/2/024003     Document Type: Article

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