Electron acceleration to GeV energy by a radially polarized laser

DN Gupta, N Kant, DE Kim, H Suk - Physics Letters A, 2007 - Elsevier
We present a relativistic single particle simulation of vacuum acceleration of an electron by a
high-intensity radially polarized laser beam. The inherent complete symmetry of radially …

Self-focusing of Gaussian laser beam in weakly relativistic and ponderomotive regime using upward ramp of plasma density

SD Patil, MV Takale - Physics of Plasmas, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We have studied the steady state self-focusing of Gaussian laser beam in weakly relativistic
and ponderomotive regime for upward increasing plasma ramp density profile. We have …

Effect of light absorption on relativistic self-focusing of Gaussian laser beam in plasma

SD Patil, MV Takale, TS Gill - The European Physical Journal D, 2015 - Springer
In the present paper, we have studied the effect of light absorption on relativistic self-
focusing of Gaussian laser beam propagating through plasma. We have obtained the …

Combined effect of relativistic and ponderomotive nonlinearity on self-focusing of Gaussian laser beam in a cold quantum plasma

H Kumar, M Aggarwal, TS Gill - Laser and Particle Beams, 2016 - cambridge.org
In the present paper, we have investigated self-focusing of Gaussian laser beam in
relativistic ponderomotive (RP) cold quantum plasma. When de Broglie wavelength of …

Self-focusing of Gaussian laser beam in weakly relativistic and ponderomotive cold quantum plasma

M Aggarwal, H Kumar, R Richa, TS Gill - Physics of Plasmas, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
The paper presents investigation on self-focusing and self-phase modulation of Gaussian
laser beam in a weakly relativistic and ponderomotive regime by taking into account the …

IFEL electron acceleration due to two laser pulses incident at an oblique angle

J Singh, S Kumar, K Middha, J Rajput - Journal of Optics, 2024 - Springer
The vacuum laser acceleration scheme IFEL has been investigated. We have studied the
best conditions for achieving higher energy gain using two laser pulses crossing at an angle …

Electron acceleration in a rectangular waveguide filled with unmagnetized inhomogeneous cold plasma

HK Malik, S Kumar, KP Singh - Laser and Particle Beams, 2008 - cambridge.org
This paper deals with the study of propagation of electromagnetic wave in a rectangular
waveguide filled with an inhomogeneous plasma in which electron density varies linearly in …

Comparison of linear and quadratic chirp in beat wave acceleration in vacuum

K Middha, V Thakur, N Kant… - Journal of Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Electron acceleration due to beating of two slightly different frequency LP (Linearly
polarised) laser pulses with finite spot size in a vacuum has been studied. In this scheme …

Resonant acceleration of electrons by intense circularly polarized Gaussian laser pulses

HY Niu, XT He, B Qiao, CT Zhou - Laser and Particle Beams, 2008 - cambridge.org
Resonant acceleration of plasma electrons in combined circularly polarized Gaussian laser
fields and self-generated quasistatic fields has been investigated theoretically and …

Mechanism of electron acceleration by chirped laser pulse

XY Wu, PX Wang, S Kawata - Applied Physics Letters, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
We studied the mechanism of electron acceleration by a chirped laser pulse. We found that,
because of the chirp effect, a region exists where the laser wave phase experienced by the …