TRANSFORMER RATIO AND PULSE SHAPING IN LASER WAKEFIELD ACCELERATOR

Authors
CHEN P SPITKOVSKY A KATSOULEAS T MORI WB
Citation
P. Chen et al., TRANSFORMER RATIO AND PULSE SHAPING IN LASER WAKEFIELD ACCELERATOR, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 410(3), 1998, pp. 488-492
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
410
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
488 - 492
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1998)410:3<488:TRAPSI>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
We show that, in complete analogy to the electron-beam driven Plasma W akefield Accelerator (PWFA), an optimal transformer ratio can be attai ned in the laser driven Laser Wakefield Accelerator (LWFA), by properl y shaping the longitudinal profile of the driving laser pulse. The con cept of transformer ratio in LWFA is introduced and the optimal laser pulse shape is derived in the linear regime of laser-plasma interactio n. We show that in the linear regime of plasma perturbation the requir ement for the laser pulse shape and the resultant optimal transformer ratio are identical for LWFA and PWFA concepts. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.