Free-space electron acceleration by the longitudinal electric field of high-intensity TMop laser beams

Charles Varin; Michel Piche

doi:10.1117/12.477517

17 February 2003 Free space electron acceleration by the longitudinal electric field of high-intensity TM_op laser beams

Charles Varin, Michel Piche

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Proceedings Volume 4833, Applications of Photonic Technology 5; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.477517
Event: Applications of Photonic Technology 5, 2002, Quebec City, Canada

Abstract

TM_op free-space laser beams (radially polarized and transverse magnetic Laguerre-Gauss beams) have an on-axis longitudinal electric field that has the prerequisites needed to achieve up-to-GeV electron acceleration in a diffraction-limited interaction. We describe how highly relativistic electrons can be synchronously accelerated. Under extreme conditions the energy gain experienced by the accelerated electrons can be well in the multi-GeV range.

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Charles Varin and Michel Piche "Free space electron acceleration by the longitudinal electric field of high-intensity TM_op laser beams", Proc. SPIE 4833, Applications of Photonic Technology 5, (17 February 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.477517

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