Title :
Injection of electrons into plasma waves by colliding laser pulses into an underdense plasma
Author :
Faure, Jérôme ; Rechatin, Clement ; Norlin, Andreas ; Lifschitz, Agustin ; Malka, Victor
Author_Institution :
Laboratoire d¿Optique Appliquée, Ecole Polytechnique, ENSTA, CNRS, UMR 7639 Chemin de la Huniere, 91761 Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
Controlled injection of electrons into a laser-plasma accelerator is achieved by colliding two counterpropagating laser pulses into a plasma, It results in monoenergetic, high quality, stable and tuneable electron beams (from 15 to 300 MeV).
Keywords :
Colliding beam accelerators; Electron accelerators; Electron beams; Laser stability; Laser tuning; Optical control; Optical pulses; Plasma accelerators; Plasma stability; Plasma waves;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431184
