DocumentCode
3150876
Title
Scaling laws for laser wakefield accelerators
Author
Esarey, E. ; Leemans, W.P.
Author_Institution
Lawrence Berkeley Nat. Lab., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
Volume
5
fYear
1999
fDate
1999
Firstpage
3699
Abstract
Scaling laws are derived as a function of laser wavelength for various quantities of interest for a single stage of a channel-guided laser wakefield accelerator. Comparisons are made for drive laser pulses of equal energies. Scalings that favor short or long wavelengths depend on the quantity that is to be optimized. For example, holding the number of electrons per bunch constant favors shorter wavelengths, whereas holding the energy gain constant can favor longer wavelengths
Keywords
electron accelerators; particle beam bunching; wakefield accelerators; channel-guided laser wakefield accelerator; electron bunch; energy gain; laser pulse; laser wakefield accelerator; laser wavelength; long wavelength; scaling laws; short wavelength; Acceleration; Electrons; Optical pulses;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999
Conference_Location
New York, NY
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5573-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PAC.1999.792416
Filename
792416
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