Title :
Laser-plasma acceleration of electrons and plasma diagnostics at high laser fields
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
Laser-plasma acceleration is now entering an era of petawatt lasers, tenuous plasmas and multi-GeV electron energies. I will review initial results in this regime, and discuss plasma diagnostics needed to understand, optimize and scale them.
Keywords :
plasma accelerators; plasma diagnostics; plasma light propagation; reviews; high laser field; laser-plasma electron acceleration; multiGeV electron energy; petawatt lasers; plasma diagnostics; review; Acceleration; Electron accelerators; Free electron lasers; Laser theory; Plasma accelerators; X-ray lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
