Shin, Y.-M. JACoW Geneva, Switzerland 978-3-95450-180-9 10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2016-WEPOA39 English 782-784 WEPOA39 ion laser plasma target acceleration Contribution to a conference proceedings 2017 2017-01 http://dx.doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2016-WEPOA39 https://jacow.org/napac2016/papers/wepoa39.pdf A plasmon-assisted channeling acceleration can be realized with a large channel possibly in a nanometer scale. Carbon nanotubes are the most typical example of nano-channels that can confine a large amount of channeled particles and confined plasmon in a coupling condition. This paper presents theoretical and numerical study on the concept of the laser-driven surface-plasmon (SP) acceleration in a carbon nanotube (CNT) channel. Analytic description of the SP-assisted laser acceleration is detailed with practical acceleration parameters, in particular with specifications of a typical tabletop femto-second laser system. The maximally achievable acceleration gradients and energy gains within dephasing lengths and CNT lengths are discussed with respect to laser-incident angles and CNT-filling ratios.