Title :
Plasmonic metasurface for efficient laser-driven particle acceleration
Author :
Bar-Lev, Doron ; Scheuer, Jacob
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. Electron., Tel Aviv Univ., Tel-Aviv, Israel
Abstract :
A laser-driven particle accelerator based on plasmonic metasurfaces is proposed and analyzed. The concept utilizes a unique slot-patch nanoantennas combination and is shown to support ultra-short laser pulses while providing high acceleration gradients reaching 11.6GV/m.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser beam effects; metamaterial antennas; microstrip antennas; nanophotonics; optical metamaterials; particle accelerators; plasmonics; slot antennas; laser-driven particle accelerator; plasmonic metasurfaces; ultrashort laser pulses; unique slot-patch nanoantennas combination; Acceleration; Electric fields; Linear particle accelerator; Optical pulse generation; Particle accelerators; Periodic structures; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
