A summary of the beatwave experiments at Ecole Polytechnique

François Amiranoff (1) , D. Bernard (2) , B. Cros (3) , F. Jacquet (2) , G. Matthieussent (3) , J.R. Marques (1) , P. Mine (2) , P. Mora (4) , A. Modena , Joseph Morillo (5) , F. Moulin (1) , Z. Najmudin , A.E. Specka (2) , C. Stenz (6)

1 LULI - Laboratoire pour l'utilisation des lasers intenses
2 LLR - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
3 LPGP - Laboratoire de physique des gaz et des plasmas
4 CPHT - Centre de Physique Théorique [Palaiseau]
5 SESI - Service d'Etudes des Systèmes Innovants
6 GREMI - Groupe de recherches sur l'énergétique des milieux ionisés

We present a summary of the beatwave particle acceleration program developed at Ecole Polytechnique. In dedicated experiments, plasma formation, plasma wave generation and saturation, and particle acceleration were successively studied and understood in detail. A maximum energy gain of 1.3 MeV was obtained, which is compatible with an accelerating gradient of 0.7 GV/m.

Domaines: Physique des plasmas [physics.plasm-ph]

François Amiranoff, D. Bernard, B. Cros, F. Jacquet, G. Matthieussent, et al.. A summary of the beatwave experiments at Ecole Polytechnique. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 1996, 14, pp.296-300. ⟨in2p3-00172421⟩