Nonlinear wakefield generation and relativistic optical guiding of intense laser pulses in plasmas

Eric Esarey; Phillip Sprangle; Antonio C. Ting

doi:10.1117/12.43516

1 April 1991 Nonlinear wakefield generation and relativistic optical guiding of intense laser pulses in plasmas

Eric Esarey, Phillip Sprangle, Antonio C. Ting

Proceedings Volume 1407, Intense Microwave and Particle Beams II; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.43516
Event: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Science and Engineering, 1991, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

1407_46The generation of nonlinear plasma wakefields by an intense, short laser pulse and the relativistic optical guiding of intense laser pulses in plasmas are studied with a nonlinear, self-consistent model of laser-plasma interactions. Nonlinear steepening and period lengthening of the plasma waves are observed, and expressions are obtained for various nonlinear wakefield quantities. Relativistic focusing with the self-consistent plasma response shows that laser pulse fronts and laser pulses shorter than a plasma wavelength, 2(pi) c/(omega) (rho ), are not relativistically guided and will continuously erode due to diffraction.

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Eric Esarey, Phillip Sprangle, and Antonio C. Ting "Nonlinear wakefield generation and relativistic optical guiding of intense laser pulses in plasmas", Proc. SPIE 1407, Intense Microwave and Particle Beams II, (1 April 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.43516

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