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ArticleScientific reports2018

Controlled electron injection facilitated by nanoparticles for laser wakefield acceleration.

Myung Hoon Cho, Vishwa Bandhu Pathak, Hyung Taek Kim, Chang Hee Nam

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors.

Myung Hoon ChoCenter for Relativistic Laser Science (CoReLS), Institute for Basic Science, Gwangju, 61005, Korea.
Vishwa Bandhu PathakCenter for Relativistic Laser Science (CoReLS), Institute for Basic Science, Gwangju, 61005, Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4193-7556
Hyung Taek KimCenter for Relativistic Laser Science (CoReLS), Institute for Basic Science, Gwangju, 61005, Korea. htkim@gist.ac.kr.
Chang Hee NamCenter for Relativistic Laser Science (CoReLS), Institute for Basic Science, Gwangju, 61005, Korea. chnam@gist.ac.kr.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We propose a novel injection scheme for laser-driven wakefield acceleration in which controllable localized electron injection is obtained by inserting nanoparticles into a plasma medium. The nanoparticles provide a very confined electric field that triggers localized electron injection where nonlinear plasma waves are excited but not sufficient for background electrons self-injection. We present a theoretical model to describe the conditions and properties of the electron injection in the presence of nanoparticles. Multi-dimensional particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations demonstrate that the total charge of the injected electron beam can be controlled by the position, number, size, and density of the nanoparticles. The PIC simulation also indicates that a 5-GeV electron beam with an energy spread below 1% can be obtained with a 0.5-PW laser pulse by using the nanoparticle-assisted laser wakefield acceleration.

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PMCPMC6240057

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