Excitation of wakefields in a plasma channel by a laser pulse
Plasma Physics
2007-05-23 v1 Accelerator Physics
Abstract
The excitation of wakefields by a triangular temporal profile laser pulse with an abrupt fall in a step density profile plasma channel is investigated analytically and an exact solution is obtained. The excitation is more efficient for t~tp, where t is the rise time of the pulse and tp is the plasma period, though it is still significant for t~20 tp. The wake potential in the former case is 1.7 times the ponderomotive potential, whereas it falls to 1.4 times the ponderomotive potential for the latter.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0510025,
title = {Excitation of wakefields in a plasma channel by a laser pulse},
author = {R. Annou and V. K. Tripathi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0510025},
year = {2007}
}
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6 pages. See also physics/0510014