Laser linac in vacuum: assessment of a high-energy particle accelerator

Gerald T. Moore; Erik J. Bochove; Marlan O. Scully

doi:10.1117/12.46789

1 September 1991 Laser linac in vacuum: assessment of a high-energy particle accelerator

Gerald T. Moore, Erik J. Bochove, Marlan O. Scully

Proceedings Volume 1497, Nonlinear Optics and Materials; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.46789
Event: Southcentral '91 (Dallas), 1991, Dallas, TX, United States

Abstract

Acceleration of a relativistic electron beam by the longitudinal field component of a focused laser beam is optimal when the laser beam is radially polarized. A variational calculation shows that the electron energy gain in a laser beam of given power cannot greatly exceed that available from a Gaussian beam. Particle trajectories calculated in a radially polarized Gaussian beam indicate that transverse forces focus and recollimate appropriately phased off- axis electrons over the acceleration length.

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Gerald T. Moore, Erik J. Bochove, and Marlan O. Scully "Laser linac in vacuum: assessment of a high-energy particle accelerator", Proc. SPIE 1497, Nonlinear Optics and Materials, (1 September 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.46789

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