Plasma wake inhibition at the collision of two laser pulses in an underdense plasma

Details Plasma wake inhibition at the collision of two laser pulses in an underdense plasma Plasma wake inhibition at the collision of two laser pulses in an underdense plasma

2007-03-05

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0703047v1

Physics

Plasma Physics

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.2741387

An electron injector concept for laser-plasma accelerator was developed in ref [1] and [2] ; it relies on the use of counter-propagating ultrashort laser pulses. In [2], the scheme is as follows: the pump laser pulse generates a large amplitude laser wakefield (plasma wave). The counter-propagating injection pulse interferes with the pump laser pulse to generate a beatwave pattern. The ponderomotive force of the beatwave is able to inject plasma electrons into the wakefield. We have studied this injection scheme using 1D Particle in Cell (PIC) simulations. The simulations reveal phenomena and important physical processes that were not taken into account in previous models. In particular, at the collision of the laser pulses, most plasma electrons are trapped in the beatwave pattern and cannot contribute to the collective oscillation supporting the plasma wave. At this point, the fluid approximation fails and the plasma wake is strongly inhibited. Consequently, the injected charge is reduced by one order of magnitude compared to the predictions from previous models.

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