Near-GeV acceleration of electrons by a nonlinear plasma wave driven by a self-guided laser pulse

S. Kneip; S. R. Nagel; S. F. Martins; S. P.D. Mangles; C. Bellei; O. Chekhlov; R. J. Clarke; N. Delerue; E. J. Divall; G. Doucas; K. Ertel; F. Fiuza; R. Fonseca; P. Foster; S. J. Hawkes; C. J. Hooker; K. Krushelnick; W. B. Mori; C. A.J. Palmer; K. Ta Phuoc; P. P. Rajeev; J. Schreiber; M. J.V. Streeter; D. Urner; J. Vieira; L. O. Silva; Z. Najmudin

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.035002

Near-GeV acceleration of electrons by a nonlinear plasma wave driven by a self-guided laser pulse

S. Kneip^*
, S. R. Nagel
, S. F. Martins
, S. P.D. Mangles
, C. Bellei
, O. Chekhlov
, R. J. Clarke
, N. Delerue
, E. J. Divall
, G. Doucas
, K. Ertel
, F. Fiuza
, R. Fonseca
, P. Foster
, S. J. Hawkes
, C. J. Hooker
, K. Krushelnick
, W. B. Mori
, C. A.J. Palmer
, K. Ta Phuoc

P. P. Rajeev, J. Schreiber, M. J.V. Streeter, D. Urner, J. Vieira, L. O. Silva, Z. Najmudin

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The acceleration of electrons to has been observed in a self-injecting laser wakefield accelerator driven at a plasma density of a 10 J, 55 fs, 800 nm laser pulse in the blowout regime. The laser pulse is found to be self-guided for 1 cm ), by measurement of a single filament containing of the initial laser energy at this distance. Three-dimensional particle in cell simulations show that the intensity within the guided filament is amplified beyond its initial focused value to a normalized vector potential of , thus driving a highly nonlinear plasma wave.

Original language	English
Article number	035002
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	103
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.035002
Publication status	Published - 06 Aug 2009
Externally published	Yes

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Kneip, S., Nagel, S. R., Martins, S. F., Mangles, S. P. D., Bellei, C., Chekhlov, O., Clarke, R. J., Delerue, N., Divall, E. J., Doucas, G., Ertel, K., Fiuza, F., Fonseca, R., Foster, P., Hawkes, S. J., Hooker, C. J., Krushelnick, K., Mori, W. B., Palmer, C. A. J., ... Najmudin, Z. (2009). Near-GeV acceleration of electrons by a nonlinear plasma wave driven by a self-guided laser pulse. Physical Review Letters, 103(3), Article 035002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.035002

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