Electron acceleration from rest in vacuum by an axicon Gaussian laser beam
- Physics Department, American University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 26666, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)
We employ the lowest-order radially polarized axicon fields of a Gaussian laser beam to demonstrate that electrons may be accelerated from rest in vacuum to a few GeV. Petawatt power laser beams focused onto micron-size focal spots result in multi-TeV/m electron energy gradients.
- OSTI ID:
- 20787120
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. A, Vol. 73, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.043402; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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