Speaker
Dr
Massimo Petrarca
("Sapienza" University of Rome and Roma1-INFN)
Description
In the last few years the possibility to produce high intensity THz pulses and high gradient electric fields ~40 MV/cm has been reported.
The same period of time can be considered as the dawn of acceleration schemes relying on laser-produced THz fields.
Even though the proposed acceleration methodologies triggered a certain interest of the accelerator scientific community, the results are not yet competitive with the conventional technology.
Nevertheless thanks to the strong development of lasers and laser-related technologies there is a window of great hope that soon THz driven acceleration can have an important role in this field.
In this talk, I will give and overview of the THz driven experiments that have been reported in literature in the latest few years as well as the most promising laser technologies to produce strong THz field. I will also discuss about the possibility to locally increase and shape the THz field produced by nowadays technology and I will discuss some perspective for THz driven acceleration that can be tested in the short term.
Primary author
Dr
Massimo Petrarca
("Sapienza" University of Rome and Roma1-INFN)
