Laser for wakefield plasma accelerator

Abstract

The recent development of the technology to build tabletop high power (terawatt) short pulse (picosecond) lasers has enabled the realization of the wakefield accelerator. The characteristics of a Nd:glasses laser for use as the laser driver for a wakefield accelerator are described. © 1996 American Institute of Physics.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/87312/2/301_1.pd