Laser plasma accelerator for ultra-high energies
Parallel intense laser beams ..omega../sub 0/, k/sub 1/ and ..omega../sub 1/, k/sub 1/ shone on a plasma with frequency separation equal to the electron plasma frequency ..omega../sub pe/ are capable of creating a coherent large longitudinal electric field E/sub =/ = mc..omega../sub pe//e of the order of 1 GeV/cm for a plasma density of 10/sup 18/ cm/sup -3/ through the laser beat excitation of plasma oscillations. Accompanying favorable and deleterious effects due to intense lasers and/or plasma response are discussed in the context of application of the process to high energy accelerators. These include questions of laser beam propagation, self--trapping, filamentation, longitudinal dephasing, plasma turbulence/noise effects, etc. Advanced concepts to circumvent some of the above problems are proposed, such as the plasma fiber accelerator.
- Research Organization:
- Department of Physics and Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712
- OSTI ID:
- 6874116
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8307126-
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States), Journal Name: AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States) Vol. 127:1; ISSN APCPC
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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