Investigation of staged laser-plasma acceleration. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Satomi Shiraishi.
• Authors: Shiraishi, Satomi
• Contents: Supervisor's Foreword; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 General Introduction; 1.1 Conventional Versus Plasma-Based Acceleration; 1.2 Laser-Plasma Acceleration; 1.3 About the Thesis; 2 Laser-Plasma Accelerators; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Generation of Intense Laser Pulses; 2.2.1 Chirped Pulse Amplification; 2.2.2 TREX Laser System; 2.3 Theory of Laser Propagation; 2.3.1 Laser Diffraction; 2.3.2 Laser Guiding in Plasma Channel; 2.3.3 Relativistic Self-focusing; 2.4 Plasma Waves; 2.4.1 Plasma Wave Excitation; 2.4.2 Electron Acceleration and Dephasing; 2.4.3 Electron Beam Production. 2.5 Limitations to Energy Gain2.5.1 Acceleration Limits; 2.5.2 Scaling Laws for Energy Gain; 2.6 Summary and Conclusions; 3 Staged Laser-Plasma Accelerator: Introduction; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Experimental Design; 3.3 Experimental Configuration; 3.4 Summary and Conclusions; 4 Injection Module; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Experiments on Electron Beam Production at 40TW; 4.2.1 Experimental Configuration; 4.2.2 Electron Beam Production via Self-trapping; 4.2.3 Electron Beam Production via Ionization of N2; 4.2.4 Electron Beam Production with Tailored Plasma Density. 4.3 Characterizations of Electron Beams4.3.1 Slice Energy Spread Measurement; 4.3.2 Emittance Measurement; 4.4 Experiments on Electron Production at 25TW; 4.5 Implications for 1st Module; 4.5.1 Emittance Preservation Between Stages; 4.5.2 Electron Beam Capturing Conditions at 2nd Module; 4.6 Summary and Conclusions; 5 Plasma Mirror; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Theoretical Framework of Plasma Mirror; 5.3 Experimental Configuration and Results; 5.4 Electron Beam Interaction with Plasma Mirror; 5.5 Summary and Conclusions; 6 Acceleration Module; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Laser Profile Characterization. 6.2.1 Wavefront Measurement6.2.2 Characterization with Laguerre-Gaussian Pulses; 6.2.3 Wakefield Excitation by Gaussian and Laguerre-Gaussian Pulses; 6.3 Plasma Channel Characterization; 6.3.1 Plasma Channel Formation; 6.3.2 Laser Centroid Oscillation; 6.3.3 Experimental Configuration; 6.3.4 Experimental Results and Analysis; 6.4 Wakefield Diagnostic Based on Laser Spectra; 6.4.1 Background on Wakefield Diagnostics; 6.4.2 Spectral Redshift as a Measure of Wake Excitation; 6.4.3 Experimental Configuration; 6.4.4 Simulations; 6.4.5 Analysis of Optical Spectra. 6.4.6 Summary of Spectral Analysis6.5 Design Consideration for Staged LPA; 6.5.1 Schemes for Multiple Laser Pulses; 6.5.2 Group Velocity Dispersion; 6.5.3 Self-Phase Modulation; 6.5.4 Pulse Splitting in Staging Experiment; 6.6 Experiment on Wake Excitation in 2nd Module; 6.6.1 Experimental Configuration; 6.6.2 Results and Analysis; 6.7 Summary and Conclusions; 7 Summary and Conclusions; Curriculum Vitae; References.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 121 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 539.7/3; Physics; Plasma accelerators; Laser plasmas; SCIENCE -- Physics -- Quantum Theory; Laser plasmas; Plasma accelerators; Science -- Quantum Theory; Technology & Engineering -- Lasers & Photonics; Atomic & molecular physics; Laser technology & holography; Particle acceleration; Science -- Nuclear Physics; Particle & high-energy physics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319085692; 3319085697; 3319085689; 9783319085685
• Related ISBNs: 9783319085685
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 23, 2014).
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