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Simulation of the relativistic electron dynamics and acceleration in a linearly-chirped laser pulse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 November 2014

Najeh M. Jisrawi ,
Benjamin J. Galow  and
Yousef I. Salamin
Najeh M. Jisrawi
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Physics, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Benjamin J. Galow
Affiliation:
Gaisbergstraße 61, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
Yousef I. Salamin*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Yousef I. Salamin, Department of Physics, American University of Sharjah, POB 26666, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. E-mail: ysalamin@aus.edu
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Abstract

Theoretical investigations are presented, and their results are discussed, of the laser acceleration of a single electron by a chirped pulse. Fields of the pulse are modeled by simple plane-wave oscillations and a cos2 envelope. The dynamics emerge from analytic and numerical solutions to the relativistic Lorentz-Newton equations of motion of the electron in the fields of the pulse. All simulations have been carried out by independent Mathematica and Python codes, with identical results. Configurations of acceleration from a position of rest as well as from injection, axially and sideways, at initial relativistic speeds are studied.

Keywords

Chirped laser pulsesElectron laser accelerationPonderomotive scattering
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , December 2014 , pp. 671 - 680
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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