Abstract
Laser driven ion wave breaking acceleration (IWBA) in plasma wakefields is investigated by means of a one-dimensional (1D) model and 1D/3D particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. IWBA operates in relativistic transparent plasma for laser intensities in the range of 1020-1023 W/cm2. The threshold for IWBA is identified in the plane of plasma density and laser amplitude. In the region just beyond the threshold, self-injection takes place only for a fraction of ions and in a limited time period. This leads to well collimated ion pulses with peaked energy spectra, in particular for 3D geometry.
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Liu, B., Meyer-Ter-Vehn, J., Bamberg, K. U., Ma, W. J., Liu, J., He, X. T., … Ruhl, H. (2016). Ion wave breaking acceleration. Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, 19(7). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.19.073401
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