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Particle confinement by a radially polarized laser Bessel beam

Gilad Laredo, Wayne D. Kimura, Levi Schachter

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Abstract

The stable trajectory of a charged particle in an external guiding field is an essential condition for its acceleration or for forcing it to generate radiation. Examples of possible guiding devices include a solenoidal magnetic field or permanent periodic magnet in klystrons, a wiggler in free-electron lasers, the lattice of any accelerator, and finally the crystal lattice for the case of channeling radiation. We demonstrate that the trajectory of a point-charge in a radially polarized laser Bessel beam may be stable similarly to the case of a positron that bounces back and forth in the potential well generated by two adjacent atomic planes. While in the case of channeling radiation, the transverse motion is controlled by a harmonic oscillator equation, for a Bessel beam the transverse motion is controlled by the Mathieu equation. Some characteristics of the motion are presented.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvanced Accelerator Concepts
Subtitle of host publication17th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop, AAC 2016
EditorsKent P. Wootton, Gregory S. Nusinovich, Steven H. Gold
ISBN (Electronic)9780735414808
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Mar 2017
Event17th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop, AAC 2016 - National Harbor, United States
Duration: 31 Jul 20165 Aug 2016

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1812

Conference

Conference17th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop, AAC 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNational Harbor
Period31/07/165/08/16

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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