| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S70371/01 |
| Title: |
Applications of parametric instabilities of ultrahigh intensity lasers in plasmas |
| Principal Investigator: |
Najmudin, Professor Z |
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Physics |
| Organisation: |
Imperial College London |
| Scheme: |
First Grant Scheme Pre-FEC |
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01 August 2004 |
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31 December 2007 |
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124,103
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
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Parametric instabilities of high intensity laser pulses have many proposed applications. The most exciting is the acceleration of self-trapped electrons by the generation of a relativistic plasma wave.This grant will seek to take forward the initial proof-of-principle laser-plasma acceleration concepts, by providing greater control of the plasma wave generation. This will be achieved either by using a seed pulse to greatly reduce the energy requirement for self-modulation, or be achieved by phase control of the laser driver to generate a beatwave or modified wakefield scheme.An additional interest will be the possible amplification of a counter propagating laser beam in a plasma based Raman amplifier.
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| Project URL: |
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.255001 |
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http://www.imperial.ac.uk |