Title :
Scaling laws for laser wakefield accelerators
Author :
Esarey, E. ; Leemans, W.P.
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Berkeley Nat. Lab., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5573-3
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1999.792416
