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

Journal Article · Sun Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2012 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4736717· OSTI ID:22085934

Galkin, A L; Korobkin, V V; Romanovskiy, M Yu; Trofimov, V A; Shiryaev, O B ^[1]

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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)

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.

• OSTI ID: 22085934
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 19, Issue 7; Other Information: (c) 2012 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

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