Electron acceleration by laser plasma wedge interaction

Ion acceleration by superintense laser-plasma interaction

Ion acceleration driven by superintense laser pulses is attracting an impressive and steadily increasing effort. Motivations can be found in the applicative potential and in the perspective to investigate novel regimesasavailable laser intensitieswill be increasing.Experimentshavedemonstrated, over awide range of laser and target parameters, the generation of multi-MeV proton and ion beams with...

Developments of electron and proton acceleration using Laser-plasma Interaction

With the development in ultra-short, ultra-intense laser technology, the potential of inventing novel table-size charged particle accelerators using laser-plasma interaction has attracted a lot of attentions due to its advantages comparing to classical accelerators. The accelerators have broad application aspects, such as medical imaging, cancer therapy, fast ignition in inertial fusion, and pr...

Electron acceleration by a laser pulse in a plasma.

132 LLE Review, Volume 67 The motion of a charged particle in an electromagnetic field is a well-known paradigm of physics.1,2 Suppose that the field is associated with a laser pulse of finite extent propagating in a vacuum. As the pulse overtakes the particle, the particle gains energy and momentum at the expense of the pulse. At the peak of an intense pulse, the particle has considerable (lon...

Laser-electron Compton Interaction in Plasma Channels

LASER DRIVEN ELECTRON ACCELERATION TO GeV ENERGIES IN PLASMA CHANNELS

This paper presents a brief discussion of ultra-short laser pulse propagation and laser wakefield acceleration in plasma channels. An envelope equation for the perturbed laser beam radius is given, including finite-pulse length and nonlinear effects. Angular distribution of electrons generated by the process of laser ionization and ponderomotive acceleration (LIPA) is also discussed. An example...