Particle acceleration in subcycle optical cells

A single laser pulse with spot size smaller than half its wavelength (w_{0}<λ/2) can provide a net energy gain to ultrarelativistic particles. In this paper, we discuss the properties of an optical cell consisting of N subcycle pulses that propagate in the direction perpendicular to the electron...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: F. Terranova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2014-07-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.17.071301