Title :
Dynamics of electron acceleration in plasmas
Author :
Veisz, Laszlo ; Buck, Alexander ; Nicolai, Maria ; Schmid, Karl ; Sears, Chris M S ; Sävert, Alexander ; Mikhailova, Julia M. ; Kaluza, Malte C. ; Krausz, Ferenc
Author_Institution :
Max-Planck-Inst. fur Quantenopt., Garching, Germany
Abstract :
We report the first direct temporal observation [1] of self-injected and shock-front injected [2] laser-driven electron acceleration. The dynamics of the plasma wave and an electron bunch duration of 6 fs is obtained.
Keywords :
plasma light propagation; plasma shock waves; electron acceleration dynamics; electron bunch duration; plasma wave dynamics; self-injected laser-driven electron acceleration; shock-front injected laser-driven electron acceleration; Acceleration; Electric shock; Laser theory; Measurement by laser beam; Plasma measurements; Plasma waves; Plasmas;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
