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TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-guided wakefield experiments driven by petawatt-class ultrashort laser pulses
AU - Mangles, Stuart P. D.
AU - Thomas, Alec G. R.
AU - Bellei, Claudio
AU - Dangor, A. E.
AU - Kamperidis, Christos
AU - Kneip, Stefan
AU - Nagel, Sabrina R.
AU - Willingale, Louise
AU - Najmudin, Zulfikar
PY - 2008/8
Y1 - 2008/8
N2 - We investigate the extension of self-injecting laser wakefield experiments to the regime that will be accessible with the next generation of petawatt-class ultrashort pulse laser systems. Using nonlinear scalings, current experimental trends, and numerical simulations, we determine the optimal laser and target parameters, i.e., focusing geometry, plasma density, and target length, that are required to increase the electron beam energy (to > 1 GeV) without the use of external guiding structures.
AB - We investigate the extension of self-injecting laser wakefield experiments to the regime that will be accessible with the next generation of petawatt-class ultrashort pulse laser systems. Using nonlinear scalings, current experimental trends, and numerical simulations, we determine the optimal laser and target parameters, i.e., focusing geometry, plasma density, and target length, that are required to increase the electron beam energy (to > 1 GeV) without the use of external guiding structures.
KW - high intensity laser
KW - plasma accelerators
KW - MONOENERGETIC ELECTRON-BEAMS
KW - PLASMA INTERACTIONS
KW - ACCELERATION
KW - GENERATION
KW - CHANNEL
KW - REGIME
U2 - 10.1109/TPS.2008.2000961
DO - 10.1109/TPS.2008.2000961
M3 - Journal article
VL - 36
SP - 1715
EP - 1721
JO - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
JF - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
SN - 0093-3813
IS - 4
ER -