Sökning: "LWFA"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade ordet LWFA.

  1. 1. Laser-Driven Particle Acceleration - Improving Performance Through Smart Target Design

    Författare :Matthias Burza; Atomfysik; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; wakefield; ultra-relativistic; ultra-intense; TNSA; Terawatt; sheath; proton; polarimetry; plasma mirror; plasma; Petawatt; particle; oscillation; Normarski; micromachining; LWFA; laser; interferometry; electron; contrast; acceleration; bubble; Fysicumarkivet A:2012:Burza;

    Sammanfattning : Laser-driven particle acceleration makes use of sub-picosecond, pulsed, high-power laser systems, capable of producing intensities ~10^{19} W/cm^2 at the laser focus to form plasmas, and use ultra-relativistic and nonlinear dynamics to produce quasistatic acceleration fields. This allows electrons to be accelerated to ~100 MeV over sub-centimetre distances, while protons may be accelerated to the ~10 MeV regime. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Pushing methods for plasma simulations into the QED regime

    Författare :Erik Karl Wallstén Wallin; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; LWFA; nonlinear dynamics; plasma; Manley-Rowe; particle-in-cell; synchrotron radiation; radiation reaction;

    Sammanfattning : The interaction between a super-intense laser pulse, with intensity up to 10²² W/cm², and a plasma opens new regimes of physics, with new questions and more demand on existing numerical tools. Relativistic and quantum effects which are negligible for lower laser intensities become important and must be properly modelled to generate reliable predictions. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Development and Applications of a Laser-Wakefield X-ray Source

    Författare :Isabel Gallardo Gonzalez; Atomfysik; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; laser-wakefield acceleration; betatron radiation; ionization-induced trapping; direct laser acceleration; laser-wakefield merging; warm dense matter; phase-contrast imaging; Fysicumarkivet A:2018:Gallardo;

    Sammanfattning : In laser-wakefield acceleration (LWFA), a femtosecond laser pulse is tightly focused in a gas to intensities exceeding 1018 W/cm2 . The laser radiation ionizes the medium and excites a plasma wave that travels behind the laser pulse. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Development and Applications of a Laser-Wakefield X-ray Source (updated)

    Författare :Isabel Gallardo Gonzalez; Atomfysik; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; laser-wakefield acceleration; betatron radiation; ionization-induced trapping; direct laser acceleration; laser-wakefield merging; warm dense matter; phase-contract imaging;

    Sammanfattning : In laser-wakefield acceleration (LWFA), a femtosecond laser pulse is tightly focused in a gas to intensities exceeding 1018 W/cm2 . The laser radiation ionizes the medium and excites a plasma wave that travels behind the laser pulse. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Applications of Laser-Plasma Acceleration

    Författare :Kristoffer Svendsen; Atomfysik; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; laser wakefield acceleration; betatron radiation; X-rays; X-ray imaging; phase-contrast imaging; VHEE; radiotherapy; radiography; fuel injector; tomography; beam focusing; atomizing sprays; nanowires; liquid mass; target normal sheath acceleration; applications; charged particles;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is dedicated to the investigation of laser-plasma particle acceleration concepts. Some of the work was focused on improving electron and proton acceleration for future applications, in terms of maximizing the particle energy and minimizing the divergence of the X-ray beams. LÄS MER