On the possibilities of LWFA in the self-guided nonlinear blowout regime for 15-100 Joule lasers

ORAL

Abstract

The recent implementation of the quasi-3D algorithm into OSIRIS now make it possible to study scaling laws for LWFAs operating in the blowout regime for higher laser energies. We find that self-guiding is possible to at least 26 Rayleigh lengths, reaching energies above 10GeV. We then study how to optimize the energy gain for fixed laser energy, and find that shortening the pulse length and reducing the plasma density produces a higher energy beam.

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Authors

  • Asher Davidson

    UCLA

  • Adam Tableman

    Univ of California - Los Angeles, University of California - Los Angeles, UCLA

  • Peicheng Yu

    UCLA

  • Weiming An

    Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, UCLA

  • Frank Tsung

    UCLA

  • Warren Mori

    UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA, Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, Univ of California - Los Angeles, Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA, University of California - Los Angeles