Laser wakefield excitation and measurement by femtosecond longitudinal interferometry

Author

Siders ; Le Blanc, S.P. ; Fisher, Daniel ; Tajima, Tsutomu ; Downer, M.C. ; Babine, A. ; Stepanov, Andrew ; Sergeev, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

7-7 June 1996

Firstpage

68

Lastpage

69

Abstract

Summary form only given. The ability to measure plasma wave microstructure directly is important for addressing fundamental issues of wakefield generation and propagation. We report femtosecond time-resolved measurements of the longitudinal and radial structure of laser wakefield oscillations using an all optical technique known as photon acceleration.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; light interferometry; photons; plasma diagnostics; plasma production by laser; plasma waves; wakefield accelerators; all optical technique; femtosecond longitudinal interferometry; femtosecond time-resolved measurements; laser wakefield excitation; laser wakefield measurement; laser wakefield oscillation longitudinal structure; laser wakefield oscillation radial structure; photon acceleration; plasma wave microstructure; Electromagnetic scattering; Electron beams; Interferometry; Laser excitation; Optical pulses; Particle scattering; Ultrafast optics; X-ray imaging; X-ray lasers; X-ray scattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 1996. QELS '96., Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-444-0

Type

conf

Filename

865582