• DocumentCode
    2653018
  • Title

    First Demonstration of a Staged Optical Injection and Laser Wakefield Acceleration

  • Author

    Kaganovich, D. ; Ting, A. ; Gordon, D. ; Hubbard, T.J.R. ; Sprangle, P.

  • Author_Institution
    LET Corp., Washington, DC
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    27-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1485
  • Lastpage
    1487
  • Abstract
    A proof-of-principal experiment on staged optical injection and laser acceleration was performed. Electrons created in one gas jet were injected and accelerated to 20 MeV in the plasma wakefield of the second gas jet
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; laser beam effects; plasma accelerators; plasma jets; plasma light propagation; wakefield accelerators; 20 MeV; femtosecond phenomena; gas jet; laser wakefield acceleration; plasma wakefield; staged optical injection; Acceleration; Electron traps; Gas lasers; Laser beams; Nitrogen; Optical pulses; Plasma accelerators; Plasma waves; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1549181
  • Filename
    1549181