Author :
Wiggins, S.M. ; Shanks, R.P. ; Issac, R.C. ; Welsh, G.H. ; Anania, M.P. ; Brunetti, E. ; Vieux, G. ; Cipiccia, S. ; Ersfeld, B. ; Islam, M.R. ; Burgess, R. T L ; Manahan, G. ; Aniculaesei, C. ; Gillespie, W.A. ; MacLeod, A.M. ; Jaroszynski, D.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Abstract :
Very stable, high quality electron beams (current ∼ 10 kA, energy spread < 1%, emittance ∼ 1π mm mrad) have been generated in a laser-plasma accelerator driven by 25 TW femtosecond laser pulses.