• 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