Electron injection by a nanowire in the bubble regime

Baifei Shen; Yuelin Li; Karoly Nemeth; Hairong Shang; Yong Chul Chae; Robert Soliday; Robert Crowell; Edward Frank; William Gropp; John Cary

doi:10.1063/1.2728773

Electron injection by a nanowire in the bubble regime

Baifei Shen, Yuelin Li, Karoly Nemeth, Hairong Shang, Yong Chul Chae, Robert Soliday, Robert Crowell, Edward Frank, William Gropp, John Cary

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The triggering of wave-breaking in a three-dimensional laser plasma wake (bubble) is investigated. The Coulomb potential from a nanowire is used to disturb the wake field to initialize the wave-breaking. The electron acceleration becomes more stable and the laser power needed for self-trapping is lowered. Three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations were performed. Electrons with a charge of about 100 pC can be accelerated stably to energy about 170 MeV with a laser energy of 460 mJ. The first step towards tailoring the electron beam properties such as the energy, energy spread, and charge is discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	053115
Journal	Physics of Plasmas
Volume	14
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2728773
State	Published - 2007
Externally published	Yes

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