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Electron acceleration by exponentially chirped laser pulses

  • Yousef I. Salamin
  • , Sergio Carbajo
  • , Zhong Peng Li
  • , Qian Zhao
  • , Jian Xing Li
  • American University of Sharjah
  • University of California at Los Angeles
  • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
  • Xi'an Jiaotong University
  • China National Nuclear Corporation

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Abstract

Single-electron acceleration in vacuum by exponentially chirped plane-wave and tightly focused Gaussian laser pulses is investigated. Numerical calculations and particle-in-cell simulations, employing the chirped fields, demonstrate that GeV net energy gain, over sub-millimeter excursion distances, is possible from PW-class femtosecond laser pulses.

Original languageEnglish
Article number045214
JournalAIP Advances
Volume15
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2025
Externally publishedYes

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