Quasi-phase-matched acceleration of electrons in a corrugated plasma channel
A laser pulse propagating in a corrugated plasma channel is composed of spatial harmonics whose phase velocities can be subluminal. The phase velocity of a spatial harmonic can be matched to the speed of a relativistic electron resulting in direct acceleration by the guided laser field in a plasma w...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2012-08-01
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| Series: | Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams |
| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.15.081305 |