Laser Wakefield Acceleration and Relativistic Optical Guiding.

Abstract

An electron acceleration method is investigated which employs a short (tau sub L about = 2 wp-1 about = 1 picosec), high power (P > or = 10 to the 15th power W), single frequency laser pulse to generate large amplitude (E > or = 17 (square of (omega/omega sub p) GW), relativistic optical during may be used to prevent the pulse from diffracting within the plasma. Keywords: Laser applications, Wakefield, Electron accelerator. (JHD)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 12, 1988
Accession Number
ADA200381

Entities

People

  • Antonio Ting
  • Eric H. Esarey
  • Glenn R. Joyce
  • Phillip A. Sprangle

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Diffraction
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Engineering
  • High Energy
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Pulses
  • Lasers
  • Light Sources
  • Linear Accelerators
  • New York
  • Particle Physics
  • Physics
  • Plasma Accelerators
  • Plasma Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Analytical Mechanics
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics