Driving laser pulse evolution in a laser wakefield accelerator

P Volfbeyn,W.P Leemans,G Shvets,J.S Wurtele,P.B Lee

doi:10.1109/pac.1997.749796

Driving laser pulse evolution in a laser wakefield accelerator

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https://doi.org/10.1109/pac.1997.749796

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Publication Date: May 12, 1997

Citations: 7

Affiliation: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

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A numerical study of the coupling between a high intensity laser pulse and a plasma wake is presented, in the context of laser wakefield acceleration in a hollow channel. One dimensional self-consistent equations are derived and numerically solved to provide a more detailed description of the laser pulse evolution for the case of propagation in a uniform plasma. The model obtained provides a simple method for inferring the plasma wake characteristics from measurement of changes in phase and amplitude of the driving laser pulse.

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