Simulation of short intense laser pulse propagation in the laser wakefield accelerator

Conference · Sun Oct 15 04:00:00 EDT 1989 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA)

OSTI ID:7245356

Ting, A; Sprangle, P; Esarey, E ^[1]

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1. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375 (US)

In the Laser Wakefield Accelerator (LWFA), an intense picosecond laser pulse propagates through a plasma and nonresonantly generates large amplitude axial and transverse wakefields. The intense axial electric field associated with these wake plasma waves could be used for accelerating electron beams to very high energies. The propagation of such short laser pulses through a plasma and the generation of the wakefields are studied with numerical simulations. The formulation is a three-dimensional cold fluid model with self-consistent density perturbation and relativistic focusing effects. The laser pulse shape is found to be modified which in turn affects the wakefields. {copyright} 1989 American Institute of Physics

• OSTI ID: 7245356
• Report Number(s): CONF-890197--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA) Journal Volume: 193:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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