Laser Driven Plasma Accelerators

Francis F Chen

doi:10.1117/12.965123

11 July 1988 Laser Driven Plasma Accelerators

Francis F Chen

Proceedings Volume 0913, High Intensity Laser-Matter Interactions; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965123
Event: 1988 Los Angeles Symposium: O-E/LASE '88, 1988, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Linear particle accelerators can be made 100-1000 times shorter than conventional ones if the electric field of an electron plasma wave is used instead of that of a microwave cavity. Intense plasma waves can be excited by particle beams or laser beams. The most advanced concept, the Beat-wave Accelerator, has been studied extensively in theory, simulation, and experiment. Small-scale experiments have already demonstrated fields of order 1GeV/m, the existence of accelerated electrons, the effects of com-peting processes, and the nature of wave saturation. A proof-of-principle experiment employing a subnanosecond CO₂ laser is in progress.

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Francis F Chen "Laser Driven Plasma Accelerators", Proc. SPIE 0913, High Intensity Laser-Matter Interactions, (11 July 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965123

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