laser-plasma accelerator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of plasma accelerator that uses an amplitude-modulated intense laser beam to excite a large-amplitude plasma wave that propagates at near the speed of light with a longitudinal acceleration electric field.

Word forms

laser-plasma accelerator laser-plasma accelerators
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