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1.1 Conventional Versus Plasma-Based Acceleration |
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1.2 Laser-Plasma Acceleration |
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3 | (1) |
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2 Laser-Plasma Accelerators |
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7 | (1) |
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2.2 Generation of Intense Laser Pulses |
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8 | (2) |
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2.2.1 Chirped Pulse Amplification |
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8 | (1) |
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9 | (1) |
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2.3 Theory of Laser Propagation |
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10 | (5) |
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2.3.2 Laser Guiding in Plasma Channel |
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12 | (2) |
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2.3.3 Relativistic Self-focusing |
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14 | (1) |
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2.4.1 Plasma Wave Excitation |
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2.4.2 Electron Acceleration and Dephasing |
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21 | (1) |
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2.4.3 Electron Beam Production |
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22 | (5) |
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2.5 Limitations to Energy Gain |
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27 | (3) |
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2.5.1 Acceleration Limits |
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27 | (2) |
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2.5.2 Scaling Laws for Energy Gain |
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29 | (1) |
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2.6 Summary and Conclusions |
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30 | (1) |
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3 Staged Laser-Plasma Accelerator: Introduction |
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31 | (8) |
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31 | (1) |
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31 | (1) |
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3.3 Experimental Configuration |
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32 | (4) |
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3.4 Summary and Conclusions |
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36 | (3) |
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39 | (22) |
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39 | (1) |
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4.2 Experiments on Electron Beam Production at 40 TW |
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40 | (7) |
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4.2.1 Experimental Configuration |
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40 | (1) |
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4.2.2 Electron Beam Production via Self-trapping |
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41 | (1) |
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4.2.3 Electron Beam Production via Ionization of N2 |
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42 | (2) |
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4.2.4 Electron Beam Production with Tailored Plasma Density |
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44 | (3) |
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4.3 Characterizations of Electron Beams |
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47 | (4) |
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4.3.1 Slice Energy Spread Measurement |
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47 | (3) |
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4.3.2 Emittance Measurement |
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50 | (1) |
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4.4 Experiments on Electron Production at 25 TW |
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51 | (2) |
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4.5 Implications for 1st Module |
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53 | (5) |
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4.5.1 Emittance Preservation Between Stages |
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54 | (3) |
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4.5.2 Electron Beam Capturing Conditions at 2nd Module |
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57 | (1) |
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4.6 Summary and Conclusions |
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58 | (3) |
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61 | (12) |
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61 | (2) |
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5.2 Theoretical Framework of Plasma Mirror |
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63 | (2) |
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5.3 Experimental Configuration and Results |
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65 | (5) |
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5.4 Electron Beam Interaction with Plasma Mirror |
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70 | (2) |
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5.5 Summary and Conclusions |
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72 | (1) |
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6.2 Laser Profile Characterization |
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75 | (6) |
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6.2.1 Wavefront Measurement |
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75 | (1) |
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6.2.2 Characterization with Laguerre-Gaussian Pulses |
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76 | (1) |
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6.2.3 Wakefield Excitation by Gaussian and Laguerre-Gaussian Pulses |
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77 | (4) |
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6.3 Plasma Channel Characterization |
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6.3.1 Plasma Channel Formation |
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81 | (1) |
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6.3.2 Laser Centroid Oscillation |
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82 | (3) |
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6.3.3 Experimental Configuration |
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85 | (1) |
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6.3.4 Experimental Results and Analysis |
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85 | (2) |
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6.4 Wakefield Diagnostic Based on Laser Spectra |
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6.4.1 Background on Wakefield Diagnostics |
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87 | (1) |
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6.4.2 Spectral Redshift as a Measure of Wake Excitation |
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88 | (1) |
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6.4.3 Experimental Configuration |
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89 | (2) |
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91 | (2) |
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6.4.5 Analysis of Optical Spectra |
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93 | (6) |
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6.4.6 Summary of Spectral Analysis |
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99 | (1) |
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6.5 Design Consideration for Staged LPA |
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100 | (3) |
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6.5.1 Schemes for Multiple Laser Pulses |
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100 | (1) |
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6.5.2 Group Velocity Dispersion |
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100 | (1) |
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6.5.3 Self-Phase Modulation |
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101 | (1) |
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6.5.4 Pulse Splitting in Staging Experiment |
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101 | (2) |
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6.6 Experiment on Wake Excitation in 2nd Module |
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103 | (4) |
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6.6.1 Experimental Configuration |
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103 | (2) |
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6.6.2 Results and Analysis |
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105 | (2) |
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6.7 Summary and Conclusions |
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107 | (4) |
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7 Summary and Conclusions |
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111 | (4) |
Curriculum Vitae |
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115 | (2) |
References |
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