Fast Z-pinch optical guiding for laser wakefield acceleration

Authors
Hosokai, T Kando, M Dewa, H Kotaki, H Kondo, S Hasegawa, N Horioka, K Nakajima, K
Citation
T. Hosokai et al., Fast Z-pinch optical guiding for laser wakefield acceleration, NUCL INST A, 455(1), 2000, pp. 155-160
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
455
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
155 - 160
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(20001121)455:1<155:FZOGFL>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
We have studied optical guiding of high-intensity laser pulses using fast Z -pinch for channel guided laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA). A fast Z-pin ch discharge can produce a long stable plasma channel which has a concave e lectron density profile in its core. We experimentally demonstrated the fea sibility of optical guiding of high-intensity laser pulses (>10(17) W/cm(2) ) using Z-pinch discharge channel. A ray-trace calculation of the Ti:Sapphi re laser pulse in the channel has been done, which could well explain the e xperimental results. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.