Laser plasma accelerators

T. Tajima; J. Malka

doi:10.1088/1361-6587/ab6da4

Laser plasma accelerators

T. Tajima, J. Malka

Department of Physics of Complex Systems

Weizmann Institute of Science

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Abstract

An ultrafast intense laser pulse drives coherent wakefields of relativistic amplitude with a high phase velocity robustly supported by the plasma. The structures of wakes and sheaths in plasma are contrasted. While the large amplitude of wakefields involves collective resonant oscillations of the eigenmode of the entire population of plasma electrons, the wake phase velocity ~c and ultrafast nature of the laser pulse introduce the wake stability and rigidity. When the phase velocity decreases, wakefields turn into sheaths, which are more suitable for ion acceleration. This short review reports on 4 decades of discoveries on laser plasma accelerators.

Original language	English
Article number	034004
Number of pages	6
Journal	Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Volume	62
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ab6da4
State	Published - 10 Feb 2020

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Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Condensed Matter Physics

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