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Title: Acceleration of electrons to high energies in a standing wave generated by counterpropagating intense laser pulses with tilted amplitude fronts

Abstract

The dynamics of an electron in a standing wave generated by two relativistically intense linearly polarized laser pulses with tilted amplitude fronts is studied. The analysis is based on solving numerically the relativistic Newton's equation with the corresponding Lorentz force. A new scheme of laser acceleration of electrons by the direct action of the standing wave is proposed. It is shown that short bunches of electrons with energies reaching several GeV can be created for relativistic laser intensities.

Authors:
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  1. A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Science, P.O. Box 119991, Vavilov Street 38, Moscow (Russian Federation)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22085934
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 19; Journal Issue: 7; Other Information: (c) 2012 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; ACCELERATION; CLASSICAL MECHANICS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; GEV RANGE; LASERS; LORENTZ FORCE; PULSES; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; STANDING WAVES

Citation Formats

Galkin, A L, Korobkin, V V, Romanovskiy, M Yu, Trofimov, V A, and Shiryaev, O B. Acceleration of electrons to high energies in a standing wave generated by counterpropagating intense laser pulses with tilted amplitude fronts. United States: N. p., 2012. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4736717.
Galkin, A L, Korobkin, V V, Romanovskiy, M Yu, Trofimov, V A, & Shiryaev, O B. Acceleration of electrons to high energies in a standing wave generated by counterpropagating intense laser pulses with tilted amplitude fronts. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4736717
Galkin, A L, Korobkin, V V, Romanovskiy, M Yu, Trofimov, V A, and Shiryaev, O B. 2012. "Acceleration of electrons to high energies in a standing wave generated by counterpropagating intense laser pulses with tilted amplitude fronts". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4736717.
@article{osti_22085934,
title = {Acceleration of electrons to high energies in a standing wave generated by counterpropagating intense laser pulses with tilted amplitude fronts},
author = {Galkin, A L and Korobkin, V V and Romanovskiy, M Yu and Trofimov, V A and Shiryaev, O B},
abstractNote = {The dynamics of an electron in a standing wave generated by two relativistically intense linearly polarized laser pulses with tilted amplitude fronts is studied. The analysis is based on solving numerically the relativistic Newton's equation with the corresponding Lorentz force. A new scheme of laser acceleration of electrons by the direct action of the standing wave is proposed. It is shown that short bunches of electrons with energies reaching several GeV can be created for relativistic laser intensities.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4736717},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22085934}, journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
issn = {1070-664X},
number = 7,
volume = 19,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2012},
month = {Sun Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2012}
}