• 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