Notable improvements on LWFA through precise laser wavefront tuning.

ABSTRACT: Laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA) continues to grow and awaken interest worldwide, especially as in various applications it approaches performance comparable to classical accelerators. However, numerous challenges still exist until this can be a reality. The complex non-linear nature of the process of interaction between the laser and the induced plasma remains an obstacle to the widespread LWFA use as stable and reliable particle sources. It is commonly accepted that the best wavefront is a perfect Gaussian distribution. However, experimentally, this is not correct and more complicated ones can potentially give better results. in this work, the effects of tuning the laser wavefront via the controlled introduction of aberrations are explored for an LWFA accelerator using the shock inject

SUBMITTER: Oumbarek Espinos D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10611724 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature