A PROOF-OF-PRINCIPLE EXPERIMENT OF LASER WAKEFIELD ACCELERATION

Authors
NAKAJIMA K KAWAKUBO T NAKANISHI H OGATA A KATO Y KITAGAWA Y KODAMA R MIMA K SHIRAGA H SUZUKI K ZHANG T SAKAWA Y SHOJI T NISHIDA Y YUGAMI N DOWNER M FISHER D NEWBERGER B TAJIMA T
Citation
K. Nakajima et al., A PROOF-OF-PRINCIPLE EXPERIMENT OF LASER WAKEFIELD ACCELERATION, Physica scripta. T, T52, 1994, pp. 61-64
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physica scripta. T → ACNP
ISSN journal
02811847
Volume
T52
Year of publication
1994
Pages
61 - 64
Database
ISI
SICI code
0281-1847(1994)T52:<61:APEOLW>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A principle of the laser wakefield particle acceleration has been test ed by the Nd:glass laser system with the peak power of 30 TW and the p ulse duration of 1 ps. The particle acceleration up to 18 MeV/c has be en demonstrated by injecting 1.0 MeV/c electrons emitted from a solid target by an intense laser impact. The corresponding field gradient ac hieves 1.7 GeV/m.