Laser Wakefield Electron Acceleration A Novel Approach Employing Supersonic Microjets and Few-Cycle Laser Pulses /

• Main Author: Schmid, Karl (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Springer Theses
• Subjects: Physics.; Particle acceleration.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Plasma Physics.; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.

This thesis covers the few-cycle laser-driven acceleration of electrons in a laser-generated plasma. This process, known as laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA), relies on strongly driven plasma waves for the generation of accelerating gradients in the vicinity of several 100 GV/m, a value four order...

Table of Contents:

• Supersonic Micro-Jets.-Theory of Compressible Fluid Flow
• Numeric Flow Simulation
• Experimental Characterization of Gas Jets
• Few Cycle Laser-Driven Electron Acceleration
• Electron Acceleration by Few-Cycle Laser Pulses: Theory and Simulation
• Experimental Setup
• Experimental Results on Electron Acceleration
• Next Steps for Optimizing the Accelerator
• A. Numeric Setup of the Fluid Flow Simulations
• B. Nozzle Designs.