Compression of high-power laser pulse leads to increase of electron acceleration efficiency

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Autori principali: Vais, O. E., Lobok, M. G., Bychenkov, V. Yu.
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Vais, O. E.
Lobok, M. G.
Bychenkov, V. Yu.
author_facet Vais, O. E.
Lobok, M. G.
Bychenkov, V. Yu.
contents Propagation of ultrarelativistically intense laser pulse in a self-trapping mode in a near critical density plasma makes it possible to produce electron bunches of extreme parameters appropriate for different state of art applications. Based on the 3D PIC simulations, it has been demonstrated how the best efficiency of electron acceleration in terms of the total charge of high-energy electrons and laser-to-electrons conversion rate can be achieved. For given laser pulse energy the universal way is a proper matching of laser hot spot size and electron plasma density to the laser pulse duration. The recommendation to achieve the highest yield of high-energy electrons is to compress laser pulse as much as possible. As example, compression of the few tens fs pulse to the 10 fs pulse leads to generation of the high-energy electron bunch with the highest total charge to exhibit conversion efficiency exceeding 50% for the Joule-level laser pulse energies.
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spellingShingle Compression of high-power laser pulse leads to increase of electron acceleration efficiency
Vais, O. E.
Lobok, M. G.
Bychenkov, V. Yu.
Plasma Physics
Propagation of ultrarelativistically intense laser pulse in a self-trapping mode in a near critical density plasma makes it possible to produce electron bunches of extreme parameters appropriate for different state of art applications. Based on the 3D PIC simulations, it has been demonstrated how the best efficiency of electron acceleration in terms of the total charge of high-energy electrons and laser-to-electrons conversion rate can be achieved. For given laser pulse energy the universal way is a proper matching of laser hot spot size and electron plasma density to the laser pulse duration. The recommendation to achieve the highest yield of high-energy electrons is to compress laser pulse as much as possible. As example, compression of the few tens fs pulse to the 10 fs pulse leads to generation of the high-energy electron bunch with the highest total charge to exhibit conversion efficiency exceeding 50% for the Joule-level laser pulse energies.
title Compression of high-power laser pulse leads to increase of electron acceleration efficiency
topic Plasma Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.02671