Todulational instability in crossing sea states: A possible mechanism for the formation of freak waves

J. Van Tilborg; C. B. Schroeder; C. V. Filip; Cs Tóth; C. G.R. Geddes; G. Fubiani; R. Huber; R. A. Kaindl; E. Esarey; W. P. Leemans

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.014801

Todulational instability in crossing sea states: A possible mechanism for the formation of freak waves

J. Van Tilborg, C. B. Schroeder, C. V. Filip, Cs Tóth, C. G.R. Geddes, G. Fubiani, R. Huber, R. A. Kaindl, E. Esarey, W. P. Leemans

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The temporal profile of relativistic laser-plasma-accelerated electron bunches has been characterized. Coherent transition radiation at THz frequencies, emitted at the plasma-vacuum boundary, was measured through electro-optic sampling. Frequencies up to the crystal detection limit of 4 THz were observed. Comparison between data and theory indicates that THz radiation from bunches with structure shorter than 50fs (root-mean-square) is emitted. The measurement demonstrates both shot-to-shot stability of the laser-plasma accelerator and femtosecond synchronization between bunch and probe beam.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	014801
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	96
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.014801
State	Published - Jan 13 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Todulational instability in crossing sea states: A possible mechanism for the formation of freak waves

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