Speaker
Javier Resta-Lopez
(Instituto Universitario de Ciencia de los Materiales)
Description
Electron acceleration in solid-state plasmas is of interest within the Laser Wakefield Acceleration (LWFA) research. Layered nanostructures such as graphene nanoribbons can be used as targets for intense UV lasers to generate and accelerate electron bunches. We present numerical Particle in Cell (PIC) simulations of a novel sub-femtosecond self-injection scheme which relies on edge-plasma oscillations in a layered graphene target. The scheme delivers 0.4 fs-long electron bunches of 2.5 pC total charge with an energy gain rate of 4.8 TeV/m. These parameters are unprecedented and, if confirmed experimentally, may have an impact on fundamental femtosecond research.
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Primary author
Cristian Bontoiu
(The University of Liverpool)
Co-authors
Oznur Apsimon
(The University of Liverpool)
Alexandre Bonatto
(Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre)
Javier Resta-Lopez
(Instituto Universitario de Ciencia de los Materiales)
Prof.
Carsten Welsch
(The University of Liverpool)
Guoxing Xia
(Cockcroft Institute)
Monika Yadav
(The University of Liverpool)
