Laser Beat-Wave Acceleration near Critical Density

We consider high-density laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA) in the nonrelativistic regime of the laser. In place of an ultrashort laser pulse, we can excite wakefields via the Laser Beat Wave (BW) that accesses this near-critical density regime. Here, we use 1D Particle-in-Cell (PIC) simulations to...

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Main Authors: Ernesto Barraza-Valdez, Toshiki Tajima, Donna Strickland, Dante E. Roa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-07-01
Series:Photonics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/9/7/476