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The interaction between lasers and matter is at the forefront of new investigations into fundamental physics as well as forming a potential bedrock for new technological innovations. One of the initiatives spearheading this investigation is the Extreme Light Infrastructure Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) project. Here the project’s High-Power Laser System (HPLS)\u2014the world’s most powerful laser\u2014is just one of the tools driving electron acceleration with lasers, Direct Laser Acceleration (DLA). In a new paper published in EPJ D<\/i>, Etele Molnar, ELI-NP, Bucharest, and co-authors study and review the characteristics of electron acceleration in a vacuum caused by the highest-power laser pulses achievable today looking for the key to maximum net energy gain.<\/p>\n

In particular, the authors calculate the optimal values of the laser beam required to achieve maximum electron energy for different laser power levels. They observe that tuning certain aspects of a laser such as its beam waist\u2014the point at which a laser beam has its minimum radius\u2014can favorably increase the maximum acceleration of electrons in a vacuum for both linearly and circularly polarized lasers.<\/p>\n

As may be expected, Molnar and colleagues find that the net energy of the electrons, and thus their acceleration, is raised with increased laser power for beams with optimal beam waists. The paper describes an average energy gain in electrons of a few MeV in full pulse interactions, in which the highest energy electrons possess is roughly 160 MeV. In other cases such as half-pulse interactions, however, the authors say that these energy gains are almost an order of magnitude greater\u2014reaching up to 1 GeV.<\/p>\n

In terms of future research, the paper puts forward other potential directions. For example, the researchers suggest a study with a focus on direct laser acceleration with higher Laguerre Gaussian modes\u2014circularly symmetric beam profiles or lasers with cavities that are cylindrically symmetric\u2014should follow the current paper.<\/p>\n\n

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\n Etele Moln\u00e1r et al, Optimizing direct laser-driven electron acceleration and energy gain at ELI-NP, The European Physical Journal D<\/i> (2020). DOI: 10.1140\/epjd\/e2020-10423-x<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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