Plasma Injection Schemes for Laser-Plasma Accelerators
arXiv:1705.10542 · doi:10.5170/CERN-2016-001.143
Abstract
Plasma injection schemes are crucial for producing high-quality electron beams in laser-plasma accelerators. This article introduces the general concepts of plasma injection. First, a Hamiltonian model for particle trapping and acceleration in plasma waves is introduced; ionization injection and colliding-pulse injection are described in the framework of this Hamiltonian model. We then proceed to consider injection in plasma density gradients.
15 pages, contribution to the CAS - CERN Accelerator School: Plasma Wake Acceleration, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, 23 - 29 Nov 2014