DocumentCode
1769644
Title
GeV electrons and high brightness betatron x-rays from petawatt-laser-driven plasma accelerators
Author
Wang, Xiongfei ; Zgadzaj, R. ; Fazel, N. ; Li, Zuyi ; Henderson, W. ; Chang, Yu-Yu ; Korzekwa, R. ; Yi, S.A. ; Khudik, V. ; Zhang, Xiaobing ; Tsai, H.-E. ; Pai, C.-H. ; Quevedo, H. ; Dyer, G. ; Gaul, E. ; Martinez, Manuel ; Bernstein, Andrey ; Borger, T.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We identify three regimes of correlated GeV-electron/keV-betatron-X-ray generation by a laser-plasma accelerator driven by the Texas Petawatt laser, and relate them to variations in strength of blowout, injection geometry and beam loading.
Keywords
X-ray production; betatrons; electron production; electron sources; particle beam diagnostics; particle beam injection; plasma accelerators; GeV-electron-X-ray generation; Texas Petawatt laser; beam loading; blowout strength; high brightness betatron X-rays; injection geometry; keV-betatron-X-ray generation; petawatt-laser-driven plasma accelerators; Laser beams; Photonics; Plasmas; Semiconductor lasers; X-ray lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6988462
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