Near-GeV acceleration of electrons by a nonlinear plasma wave driven by a self-guided laser pulse

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Kneip, S ^a   Nagel, S R ^a   Martins, S F ^b   Mangles, S P D ^a   Bellei, C ^a   Chekhlov, O ^c   Clarke, R J ^c   Delerue, N ^d   Divall, E J ^c   Doucas, G ^d   Ertel, K ^c   Fiuza, F ^b   Fonseca, R ^b   Foster, P ^c   Hawkes, S J ^c   Hooker, C J ^c   Krushelnick, K ^a,e   Mori, W B ^f   Palmer, C A J ^a   Phuoc, K Ta ^g   Rajeev, P P ^c   Schreiber, J ^a   Streeter, M J V ^c   Urner, D ^d   Vieira, J ^b   Silva, L O ^b   Najmudin, Z ^a   more..

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f University of California   (United States)

^g LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHLY NONLINEAR; LASER ENERGIES; LASER WAKEFIELD ACCELERATORS; NONLINEAR PLASMA WAVES; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; SELF-GUIDED LASER PULSE; SINGLE FILAMENTS; VECTOR POTENTIAL;

CELL MEMBRANES; FILAMENTS (LAMP); LASER PULSES; LASERS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA WAVES; PLASMAS;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 68749114156     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.035002     Document Type: Article

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