Experiments on the plasma beat-wave accelerator
Conference
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· IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6077731
We report an experimental study of the beat-wave excitation of plasma waves using a short pulse, high intensity CO/sub 2/ laser with two colinearly propagating beams to excite the fast wave (v /SUB p/ approx. = c) in a long-scale-length underdense plasma. Maximum plasma wave amplitudes n/sub 1//n/sub 0/ approx. = 0.19 with effective longitudinal electric field gradients of approx. = 6 GV/m over a distance of 0.5 mm were achieved in these experiments.
- Research Organization:
- Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT
- OSTI ID:
- 6077731
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-850504-
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States) Journal Volume: NS-32:5
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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