Gev plasma accelerators driven in waveguides
Hooker, S.M. and Brunetti, E. and Esarey, E. and Gallacher, J.G. and Geddes, C.G.R. and Gonsalves, A.J. and Jaroszynski, D.A. and Kamperidis, C. (2007) Gev plasma accelerators driven in waveguides. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 49 (12B). B403-B410. ISSN 0741-3335 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/49/12B/S37)
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During the last few years laser-driven plasma accelerators have been shown to generate quasi-monoenergetic electron beams with energies up to several hundred MeV. Extending the output energy of laser-driven plasma accelerators to the GeV range requires operation at plasma densities an order of magnitude lower, i.e. 1018 cm−3, and increasing the distance over which acceleration is maintained from a few millimetres to a few tens of millimetres. One approach for achieving this is to guide the driving laser pulse in the plasma channel formed in a gas-filled capillary discharge waveguide. We present transverse interferometric measurements of the evolution of the plasma channel formed and compare these measurements with models of the capillary discharge. We describe in detail experiments performed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in which plasma accelerators were driven within this type of waveguide to generate quasi-monoenergetic electron beams with energies up to 1 GeV.
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Item type: Article ID code: 17106 Dates: DateEventDecember 2007PublishedNotes: Strathprints' policy is to record up to 8 authors per publication, plus any additional authors based at the University of Strathclyde. More authors may be listed on the official publication than appear in the Strathprints' record. Subjects: Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Science > Physics > Plasma physics. Ionized gasesDepartment: Faculty of Science > Physics Depositing user: Strathprints Administrator Date deposited: 01 Apr 2010 15:16 Last modified: 08 Apr 2024 17:32 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/17106