Laser linac in vacuum: assessment of a high-energy particle accelerator Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • Acceleration of a relativistic electron beam by the longitudinal field component of a focused laser beam is optimal when the laser beam is radially polarized. A variational calculation shows that the electron energy gain in a laser beam of given power cannot greatly exceed that available from a Gaussian beam. Particle trajectories calculated in a radially polarized Gaussian beam indicate that transverse forces focus and recollimate appropriately phased off- axis electrons over the acceleration length.

name of conference

  • Nonlinear Optics and Materials

published proceedings

  • Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering

author list (cited authors)

  • Moore, G. T., Bochove, E. J., & Scully, M. O.

citation count

  • 1

complete list of authors

  • Moore, Gerald T||Bochove, Erik J||Scully, Marlan O

editor list (cited editors)

  • Cantrell, C. D., & Bowden, C. M.

publication date

  • September 1991