Waveform Control of Relativistic Electron Dynamics in Laser-Plasma Acceleration
Julius Huijts, Lucas Rovige, I. A. Andriyash, Aline Vernier, Marie Ouillé, Jaismeen Kaur, Zhao Cheng, Rodrigo López-Martens, J. Fauré
Abstract
The interaction of ultraintense laser pulses with an underdense plasma is used in laser-plasma acceleration to create compact sources of ultrashort pulses of relativistic electrons and x rays. The accelerating structure is a plasma wave, or wakefield, that is excited by the laser ponderomotive force, a force that is usually assumed to depend solely on the laser envelope and not on its exact waveform.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsLaserRelativistic electron beamAtomic physicsPonderomotive forceRelativistic plasmaElectronPlasmaWaveformAccelerationAttosecondEnvelope (radar)Waves in plasmasComputational physicsOpticsCathode rayNuclear physicsUltrashort pulseQuantum mechanicsRadarVoltageComputer scienceTelecommunicationsLaser-Plasma Interactions and DiagnosticsLaser-Matter Interactions and ApplicationsLaser-induced spectroscopy and plasma