Two-Pulse Ionization Injection into Quasilinear Laser Wakefields

N. Bourgeois, J. Cowley, and S. M. Hooker
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 155004 – Published 9 October 2013

Abstract

We describe a scheme for controlling electron injection into the quasilinear wakefield driven by a guided drive pulse via ionization of a dopant species by a collinear injection laser pulse with a short Rayleigh range. The scheme is analyzed by particle-in-cell simulations which show controlled injection and acceleration of electrons to an energy of 370 MeV, a relative energy spread of 2%, and a normalized transverse emittance of 2.0μm.

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  • Received 26 June 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.155004

© 2013 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

N. Bourgeois, J. Cowley, and S. M. Hooker*

  • Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom

  • *Corresponding author. simon.hooker@physics.ox.ac.uk

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Vol. 111, Iss. 15 — 11 October 2013

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