Particle density dynamics in a flowing gas cell target for laser wakefield acceleration measured by second-harmonic interferometry

Year: 2015

Authors: Brandi F.,Conti F., Giammanco F., Gizzi L.A., Sylla F.

Autors Affiliation: Intense Laser Irradiation Laboratory (ILIL), Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (INO)-CNR, Via G. Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy

Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Plasmatech SRL, Pisa, Italy

INFN, Sezione di Pisa, Italy

SourceLAB SAS, 86 rue de Paris, 91400 Orsay, France

Journal/Review: JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS

KeyWords: laser wake-field acceleration; laser-plasma; second-harmonic interferometry; density measurements;