Ponderomotive acceleration of electrons by a laser pulse in magnetized plasma

Journal Article · Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3098537· OSTI ID:21277019

Sharma, Anamika; Tripathi, V K ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi 110016 (India)

Electron acceleration by a circularly polarized Gaussian laser pulse in magnetized plasma is investigated in the limit of frozen refractive index. The electron acceleration depends on the ratio of laser frequency to electron cyclotron frequency, amplitude of the laser pulse and plasma density. Near Doppler shifted cyclotron resonance the electron acquires maximum energy. In this scheme, 0.10 MeV electrons can be effectively accelerated to 1-100 MeV using moderate intensity laser pulse.

• OSTI ID: 21277019
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 16, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3098537; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ACCELERATION
CYCLOTRON FREQUENCY
DOPPLER EFFECT
ELECTRONS
LASER RADIATION
PLASMA DENSITY
PLASMA GUNS
PONDEROMOTIVE FORCE
REFRACTIVE INDEX