Acceleration of quasi-monochromatic electron beams in laser wakefield to 300 Mev and initiation of photonuclear reactions

Author

Maksimchuk, A. ; Reed, S. ; Naumova, N. ; Bulanov, S.S. ; Chvykov, V. ; Hou, B. ; Kalintchenko, G. ; Matsuoka, T. ; Rousseau, P. ; Mourou, G. ; Yanovsky, V. ; Beene, J.R. ; Schultz, D.R. ; Stracener, D.W. ; Vane, C.R.

Author_Institution

FOCUS Center, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We observed quasi-monoenergetic electron beams with energy up to 300 MeV from the laser wakefield. The resultant electron beams have been used to perform efficiently gamma-neutron activation of ¹²C and ⁶³Cu and photo-fission of ²³⁸U.

Keywords

carbon; copper; electron accelerators; laser beams; optical focusing; photofission; photon-nucleus reactions; plasma heating by laser; relativistic electron beams; uranium; wakefield accelerators; ¹²C; ²³⁸U; ⁶³Cu; electron beam acceleration; electron volt energy 300 MeV; gamma-neutron activation; laser focusing; laser wakefield; photo-fission; photonuclear reactions; quasimonochromatic electron beams; relativistic electron beams; Acceleration; Electron beams; Electron optics; Laser beams; Laser stability; Laser theory; Plasma accelerators; Plasma density; Plasma waves; Ultrafast optics; (140.7090) Ultrafast lasers; (350,5400) Plasmas; (350,5720) Relativity;

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.2006.4628823

Filename

4628823