DocumentCode
1769653
Title
Electron injection into a capillary laser wakefield accelerator
Author
Wiggins, S.M. ; Islam, Md Rafiqul ; Vieux, G. ; Welsh, G.H. ; Abuazoum, S. ; Brunetti, E. ; Cipiccia, S. ; Ersfeld, B. ; Grant, D.W. ; Ciocarlan, C. ; Jaroszynski, D.A.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
The role played by self-focusing of a high-intensity femtosecond laser in the entrance plume of a gas-filled capillary discharge waveguide is investigated for laser-plasma wakefield acceleration of electrons.
Keywords
discharges (electric); plasma accelerators; plasma filled waveguides; plasma light propagation; wakefield accelerators; capillary laser wakefield accelerator; electron injection; gas-filled capillary discharge waveguide; high-intensity femtosecond laser self-focusing; laser-plasma wakefield acceleration; Acceleration; Gas lasers; Optical waveguides; Plasma density; Semiconductor lasers; Waveguide lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6988467
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