Electron cavitation and acceleration in the wake of an ultraintense, self-focused laser pulse

1996/03/01 by P. Mora, Patrick Mora, Thomas M. Antonsen · 3 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications #Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics #Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma

paper · doi:10.1103/physreve.53.r2068

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Abstract

A particle code is used to calculate the plasma response to the relativistic ponderomotive force of a short intense laser pulse propagating in a tenuous plasma. The regime of total cavitation of the plasma is investigated. It is found that stable propagation over a long distance is possible in this regime, and the energetic electrons are produced with a simple characteristic dependence of their angle of deflection on energy.

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• Kinetic modeling of intense, short laser pulses propagating in tenuous plasmas
• Accuracy of the time-averaged ponderomotive approximation for laser-plasma accelerator modeling
• An analytical optimization of plasma density profiles for downramp injection in laser wake-field acceleration

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