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Laser wake field acceleration with controlled self-injection by sharp density transition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2004

P. TOMASSINI ,
M. GALIMBERTI ,
A. GIULIETTI ,
D. GIULIETTI ,
L.A. GIZZI ,
L. LABATE  and
F. PEGORARO
P. TOMASSINI
Affiliation:
Intense Laser Irradiation Laboratory, IPCF, Area della Ricerca CNR, Italy
M. GALIMBERTI
Affiliation:
Intense Laser Irradiation Laboratory, IPCF, Area della Ricerca CNR, Italy
A. GIULIETTI
Affiliation:
Intense Laser Irradiation Laboratory, IPCF, Area della Ricerca CNR, Italy
D. GIULIETTI
Affiliation:
Intense Laser Irradiation Laboratory, IPCF, Area della Ricerca CNR, Italy Also at Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, Unità INFM, Pisa Italy
L.A. GIZZI
Affiliation:
Intense Laser Irradiation Laboratory, IPCF, Area della Ricerca CNR, Italy
L. LABATE
Affiliation:
Intense Laser Irradiation Laboratory, IPCF, Area della Ricerca CNR, Italy Also at Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bologna, Bologna Italy
F. PEGORARO
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Abstract

Laser Wake Field Acceleration of relativistic electron bunches is a promising method to produce a large amount of energetic particles with table top equipment. One of the possible methods to inject particles in the appropriate acceleration phase of the wake behind the pulse takes advantage of the partial longitudinal breaking of the wake crests across a density downramp. In this paper results of 2.5D PIC simulations, showing the production of an electron bunch with reduced energy spread, are reported. Also, a possible method to produce the required plasma density transition by laser explosion of a suitable couple of thin foils is discussed.

Keywords

Laser-plasma acceleratorsWave breaking
Type
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON LASER AND PLASMA ACCELERATORS
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , October 2004 , pp. 423 - 429
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

This paper was delivered at the International Workshop on Laser and Plasma Accelerators, held at Portovenere, Italy, September 29 to October 3, 2003.

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