Laser wakefield acceleration research by using a tapered capillary waveguide at GIST

The tapered plasma density in a gas-filled capillary waveguide can suppress the dephasing problem in laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA). As a result, the acceleration distance and the gained electron energy are expected to be increased significantly. For this purpose, we recently developed a tapered capillary waveguide, which can produce a plasma density of 10$^{18}$ cm$^{-3}$. This capillary plasma waveguide will be used for high-energy electron generation experiment together with a 20 TW/35 fs Ti:sapphire laser system that will be completed by this summer. In this presentation, the ongoing experiments will be reported.