Robust autoresonant excitation in the plasma beat-wave accelerator; A theoretical study

A. E. Charman*, R. R. Lindberg, J. S. Wurtele, U. C. Berkeley, L. Friedland

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Abstract

A modified version of the Plasma Beat-Wave Accelerator scheme is presented, which is based on autoresonant phase-locking of the nonlinear Langmuir wave to the slowly chirped beat frequency of the driving lasers via adiabatic passage through resonance. Compared to traditional approaches, the autoresonant scheme achieves larger accelerating electric fields for given laser intensity; the plasma wave excitation is more robust to variations in plasma density; it is largely insensitive to the details of the slow chirp rate; and the quality and uniformity of the resulting plasma wave for accelerator applications may be superior.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Particle Accelerator Conference, PAC 2005
Pages3688-3690
Number of pages3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
EventParticle Accelerator Conference, PAC 2005 - Knoxville, TN, United States
Duration: 16 May 200520 May 2005

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE Particle Accelerator Conference
Volume2005

Conference

ConferenceParticle Accelerator Conference, PAC 2005
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityKnoxville, TN
Period16/05/0520/05/05

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