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Bubble structure in laser wake-field acceleration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2016

Ershad Sadeghi Toosi ,
Saeed Mirzanejhad  and
Davoud Dorranian
Ershad Sadeghi Toosi
Affiliation:
Plasma Physics Research Center, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Saeed Mirzanejhad*
Affiliation:
Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Faculty of Basic Science, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran
Davoud Dorranian
Affiliation:
Plasma Physics Research Center, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Saeed Mirzanejhad, Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Faculty of Basic Science, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Highly nonlinear ellipsoid bubble regime of the laser wake-field acceleration with high-intensity laser pulse is considered with analytical and numerical calculations. The important property of this regime is the production of the mono-energetic high-quality electron beam. We introduce a new twofold ellipsoid structure of the bubble (egg shape) by referring to some published two-dimensional (2D) and 3D simulations. In this paper, a new analytical formalism is introduced, in which dimensions of the front part of the ellipsoid bubble are related to the laser pulse and plasma parameters. These relationships are in agreement with 2D particle-in-cell code results in recent work (Benedetti et al., 2013).

Keywords

Ellipsoid bubble regimeLaser wake-field acceleration
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , June 2016 , pp. 193 - 201
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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