DocumentCode
3129561
Title
GeV electron beams from a laser-plasma accelerator
Author
Schroeder, C.B. ; Toth, Cs ; Nagler, B. ; Gonsalves, A.J. ; Nakamura, K. ; Geddes, C.G.R. ; Esarey, E. ; Hooker, S.M. ; Leemans, W.P.
Author_Institution
Lawrence Berkeley Nat. Lab., CA
fYear
2006
fDate
Oct. 2006
Firstpage
538
Lastpage
539
Abstract
High-quality electron beams with up to 1 GeV energy have been generated by a laser-driven plasma-based accelerator by guiding a 40 TW peak power laser pulse in a 3.3 cm long gas-filled capillary discharge waveguide
Keywords
electron accelerators; laser beam applications; plasma accelerators; plasma light propagation; 3.3 cm; 40 TW; electron beam; gas-filled capillary discharge waveguide; laser pulse; laser-plasma accelerator; plasma density; Acceleration; Electron accelerators; Electron beams; Gas lasers; Optical pulse generation; Plasma accelerators; Plasma waves; Power generation; Power lasers; Waveguide lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN
0-7803-9555-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2006.278757
Filename
4054295
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