Electron injection into laser wakefields by colliding circularly-polarized laser pulses

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-7

  Wang, W M ^a   Sheng, Z M ^a,b,c   Zhang, J ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Laser plasma accelerator; Laser plasma interaction; Optical injection; PIC simulation

Indexed keywords

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LASER PULSE; COUNTERPROPAGATING; HAMILTONIAN APPROACH; INJECTION PULSE; LASER WAKEFIELD; LASER-PLASMA ACCELERATOR; LASER-PLASMA INTERACTION; LOW-INTENSITY; OPTICAL INJECTION; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; PIC SIMULATION; POLARIZED LASER PULSE; PUMP PULSE;

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRON INJECTION; ELECTRONS; LASER FUSION; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICLE BEAM DYNAMICS; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PLASMA JETS; POLARIZATION; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 68349149352     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034609000019     Document Type: Article

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