An Overview of Recent Progress in LaserWakefield Acceleration Experiments

Authors

  • S.P.D. Mangles John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5170/CERN-2016-001.289

Keywords:

Laser wakefield accelerators, plasma accelerators, laser-plasma acceleration.

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to examine experimental progress in laser wakefield acceleration over the past decade (2004–2014), and to use trends in the data to understand some of the important physical processes. By examining a set of over 50 experiments, various trends concerning the relationship between plasma density, accelerator length, laser power and the final electron beam energy are revealed. The data suggest that current experiments are limited by dephasing and that current experiments typically require some pulse evolution
to reach the trapping threshold.

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Published

2016-02-16

Issue

Vol. 1 (2016): Proceedings of the 2014 CAS-CERN Accelerator School: Plasma Wake Acceleration

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