Laser plasma acceleration of electrons : towards the production of monoenergetic beams

Krushelnick, Karl and Najmudin, Zulfikar and Mangles, Stuart P. D. and Thomas, Alexander George Roy and Wei, M. and Walton, B. and Gopal, Abhijit and Clark, E. and Dangor, Aboobaker E. and Fritzler, S. and Murphy, C. D. and Norreys, Peter A. and Mori, Warren B. and Gallacher, J. G. and Jaroszynski, D. A. and Viskup, R. (2005) Laser plasma acceleration of electrons : towards the production of monoenergetic beams. Physics of Plasmas, 12 (5): 056711. ISSN 1070-664X

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Abstract

The interaction of high intensity laser pulses with underdense plasma is investigated experimentally using a range of laser parameters and energetic electron production mechanisms are compared. It is clear that the physics of these interactions changes significantly depending not only on the interaction intensity but also on the laser pulse length. For high intensity laser interactions in the picosecond pulse duration regime the production of energetic electrons is highly correlated with the production of plasma waves. However as intensities are increased the peak electron acceleration increases beyond that which can be produced from single stage plasma wave acceleration and direct laser acceleration mechanisms must be invoked. If, alternatively, the pulse length is reduced such that it approaches the plasma period of a relativistic electron plasma wave, high power interactions can be shown to enable the generation of quasimonoenergetic beams of relativistic electrons.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Physics of Plasmas
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? condensed matter physics ??
ID Code:
85835
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Deposited On:
05 Apr 2017 10:20
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
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15 Jul 2024 16:55