Control of focusing fields in laser-plasma accelerators using higher-order modes
Higher-order laser modes are analyzed as a method to control focusing forces and improve the electron bunch quality in laser-plasma accelerators. In the linear wake regime, the focusing force is proportional to the transverse gradient of the laser intensity, which can be shaped by a superposition of...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2011-03-01
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| Series: | Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams |
| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.14.031303 |