DocumentCode
2890353
Title
Designing LWFA in the blowout regime
Author
Lu, W. ; Tzoufras, M. ; Tsung, F.S. ; Joshi, C. ; Mori, W.B. ; Vieira, J. ; Fonseca, R.A. ; Silva, L.O.
Author_Institution
UCLA, Los Angeles
fYear
2007
fDate
25-29 June 2007
Firstpage
3050
Lastpage
3051
Abstract
In recent experiments of Laser Wakefield Acceleration (LWFA), ultra-short (sub 50fs) monoenergetic (energy spread of a few percent to twenty percent) electron bunches of high charge (10s of pC to a few hundreds of pC) with energy range from 100MeV to 1GeV have been observed. In most of these experiments the laser drivers undergo significant longitudinal and transverse evolution during the acceleration process. How to extend the results from these experiments towards a more stable regime conducive to making an accelerator is of fundamental importance. In a recent work, a phenomenological theoretical framework of the blowout regime was developed to address this quest. In this paper, a design table based on this theoretical framework will be provided to illustrate possible parameters for reaching GeV to TeV energies.
Keywords
electron accelerators; electron beams; particle beam bunching; plasma accelerators; plasma light propagation; wakefield accelerators; LWFA; laser drivers; laser wakefield acceleration; longitudinal evolution; plasma wakefield accelerator; transverse evolution; ultra-short monoenergetic electron bunches; Acceleration; Electron beams; Laser excitation; Laser stability; Laser theory; Optical design; Particle beams; Plasma accelerators; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2007. PAC. IEEE
Conference_Location
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-0916-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PAC.2007.4440664
Filename
4440664
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