Laser Wakefield Electron Acceleration
A Novel Approach Employing Supersonic Microjets and Few-Cycle Laser Pulses
Authors: Schmid, Karl
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This thesis covers the few-cycle laser-driven acceleration of electrons in a laser-generated plasma. This process, known as laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA), relies on strongly driven plasma waves for the generation of accelerating gradients in the vicinity of several 100 GV/m, a value four orders of magnitude larger than that attainable by conventional accelerators. This thesis demonstrates that laser pulses with an ultrashort duration of 8 fs and a peak power of 6 TW allow the production of electron energies up to 50 MeV via LWFA. The special properties of laser accelerated electron pulses, namely the ultrashort pulse duration, the high brilliance, and the high charge density, open up new possibilities in many applications of these electron beams.
- Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-17
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Theory of Compressible Fluid Flow
Pages 21-39
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Numeric Flow Simulation
Pages 41-70
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Experimental Characterization of Gas Jets
Pages 71-79
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Electron Acceleration by Few-Cycle Laser Pulses: Theory and Simulation
Pages 83-107
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Laser Wakefield Electron Acceleration
- Book Subtitle
- A Novel Approach Employing Supersonic Microjets and Few-Cycle Laser Pulses
- Authors
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- Karl Schmid
- Series Title
- Springer Theses
- Copyright
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-642-19950-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-642-19950-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-642-19949-3
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-642-26830-4
- Series ISSN
- 2190-5053
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIV, 166
- Topics
