Physics of laser-driven plasma-based electron accelerators

E Esarey, CB Schroeder, WP Leemans - Reviews of modern physics, 2009‏ - APS
Laser-driven plasma-based accelerators, which are capable of supporting fields in excess of
100 GV∕ m, are reviewed. This includes the laser wakefield accelerator, the plasma beat …

Petawatt and exawatt class lasers worldwide

CN Danson, C Haefner, J Bromage… - High Power Laser …, 2019‏ - cambridge.org
In the 2015 review paper 'Petawatt Class Lasers Worldwide'a comprehensive overview of
the current status of high-power facilities of was presented. This was largely based on facility …

2020 roadmap on plasma accelerators

F Albert, ME Couprie, A Debus, MC Downer… - New Journal of …, 2021‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Plasma-based accelerators use the strong electromagnetic fields that can be supported by
plasmas to accelerate charged particles to high energies. Accelerating field structures in …

[كتاب][B] Short pulse laser interactions with matter: an introduction

P Gibbon - 2005‏ - books.google.com
This book represents the first comprehensive treatment of the subject, covering the
theoretical principles, present experimental status and important applications of short-pulse …

Interaction of an ultrashort, relativistically strong laser pulse with an overdense plasma

SV Bulanov, NM Naumova, F Pegoraro - Physics of Plasmas, 1994‏ - pubs.aip.org
The results of an analytical description and of a particle‐in‐cell simulation of the interaction
of an ultrashort, relativistically intense laser pulse, obliquely incident on a nonuniform …

Self-focusing and guiding of short laser pulses in ionizing gases and plasmas

E Esarey, P Sprangle, J Krall… - IEEE journal of quantum …, 1997‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Several features of intense, short-pulse (/spl lsim/1 ps) laser propagation in gases
undergoing ionization and in plasmas are reviewed, discussed, and analyzed. The wave …

Kinetic modeling of intense, short laser pulses propagating in tenuous plasmas

P Mora, TM Antonsen, Jr - Physics of Plasmas, 1997‏ - pubs.aip.org
Fast time averaged equations are derived for the motion of particles and the generation of
electromagnetic wake fields under the action of the ponderomotive potential of an …

The evolution of ultra‐intense, short‐pulse lasers in underdense plasmas

CD Decker, WB Mori, KC Tzeng, T Katsouleas - Physics of Plasmas, 1996‏ - pubs.aip.org
The propagation of short‐pulse lasers through underdense plasmas at ultra‐high intensities
(I≥ 1019 W/cm) is examined. The pulse evolution is found to be significantly different than it …

The physics of the nonlinear optics of plasmas at relativistic intensities for short-pulse lasers

WB Mori - IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1997‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The nonlinear optics of plasmas at relativistic intensities are analyzed using only the
physically intuitive processes of longitudinal bunching of laser energy, transverse focusing …

Envelope analysis of intense laser pulse self-modulation in plasmas

E Esarey, J Krall, P Sprangle - Physical review letters, 1994‏ - APS
An envelope equation describing laser pulse self-focusing and optical guiding in plasmas is
derived and is used to analyze self-modulation. Included is the plasma wave generated by …