• DocumentCode
    1692989
  • Title

    Generation of dark-current-free quasi-monoenergetic 1.25 GeV electrons by laser wakefield acceleration

  • Author

    Wang, X. ; Zgadzaj, R. ; Henderson, W. ; Fazel, N. ; Chang, Y.-Y. ; Korzekwa, R. ; Yi, A.S. ; Khudik, V. ; Tsai, H.-E. ; Pai, C.-H. ; Li, Z. ; Quevedo, H. ; Dyer, G. ; Gaul, E. ; Martinez, M. ; Bernstein, A. ; Borger, T. ; Spinks, M. ; Donovan, M. ; Shvet

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report electron acceleration to 1.25 GeV by petawatt-laser-driven wakefield acceleration at plasma density 5×1017 cm3. Electron beams are dark-current-free, quasi-monoenergetic, highly collimated (<;1mrad divergence), contain tens of pC and have excellent pointing stability.
  • Keywords
    plasma density; plasma light propagation; dark-current-free quasimonoenergetic electron generation; electron acceleration; high collimated beam; petawatt-laser-driven wakefield acceleration; plasma density; pointing stability; Acceleration; Electron beams; Laser beams; Laser modes; Plasma density; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6327164
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1692989