Electron acceleration in sub-relativistic wakefields driven by few-cycle laser pulses
Using particle-in-cell simulations, we study the interaction of few-mJ–few-cycle laser pulses with an underdense plasma at resonant density. In this previously unexplored regime, it is found that group velocity dispersion is a key ingredient of the interaction. The concomitant effects of dispersion...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2014-01-01
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Series: | New Journal of Physics |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/16/2/023023 |