Title :
Laser Wakefield Accelerator experiments using 1 ps 30 TW Nd:glass laser
Author :
Nakajima, K. ; Nakanishi, H. ; Kawakubo, T. ; Ogata, A. ; Kitagawa, Y. ; Shiraga, H. ; Kodama, R. ; Zhang, T. ; Suzuki, K. ; Kato, Y. ; Sakawa, Y. ; Shoji, T. ; Nishida, Y. ; Yugami, N. ; Tajima, T.
Author_Institution :
KEK, Nat. Lab. for High Energy Phys., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
The peak power of 30 TW and the pulse width of 1 ps produced by the Nd:glass laser system is capable of creating a highly-ionized plasma of a moderate density gas on an ultrafast time scale and generating a large amplitude plasma wave with an accelerating gradient of the order of GeV/m. We are going to demonstrate particle acceleration, injecting electrons of a few MeV emitted from a solid target by intense laser irradiation
Keywords :
beam handling techniques; collective accelerators; electron accelerators; plasma production and heating by laser beam; plasma waves; 1 ps; 30 TW; Laser Wakefield Accelerator; Nd:glass laser; accelerating gradient; electrons injection; highly-ionized plasma; intense laser irradiation; large amplitude plasma wave; moderate density gas; particle acceleration; peak power; pulse width; solid target; ultrafast time scale; Acceleration; Gas lasers; Laser modes; Optical pulse generation; Plasma accelerators; Plasma density; Plasma waves; Power generation; Power lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1203-1
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1993.309386
