• DocumentCode
    2874473
  • Title

    Attosecond electron pulses from a free space laser acceleration scheme

  • Author

    Varin, Charles ; Piché, Michel

  • Author_Institution
    Centre d´´Opt., Photonique et Laser, Laval, QC
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Numerical solutions of the time-dependent three-dimensional Maxwell-Lorentz equations show that relativistic attosecond electron pulses are produced when a compact electron cloud is accelerated by a multi-terawatt ultrafast TM01 laser beam.
  • Keywords
    Maxwell equations; optical pulse generation; attosecond electron pulses; free space laser acceleration; multi terawatt; time dependent 3D Maxwell-Lorentz equations; ultrafast TM01 laser beam; Acceleration; Clouds; EMP radiation effects; Electron beams; Erbium; Extraterrestrial phenomena; Laser beams; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Particle beams; (000.2690) General physics; (270.6620) Strong-field processes; (320.7120) Ultrafast phenomena;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628443
  • Filename
    4628443