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Laser wakefield acceleration in narrow plasma-filled channels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2002

K.V. LOTOV
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Utsunomiya University, 2753 Isii-machi, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 321, Japan

Abstract

The wakefield acceleration driven by a single laser pulse in a narrow plasma-filled solid waveguide is considered. Parameters of the waveguide which provide the maximum energy gain of accelerated particles at a given length and peak power of the driver are found in the approximation of a relativistically weak driver. The obtained formulas are illustrated by calculating the electron energy gain achievable with the terawatt laser of Utsunomiya University.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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