• DocumentCode
    2785131
  • Title

    Injection of electrons into plasma waves by colliding laser pulses into an underdense plasma

  • Author

    Faure, Jérôme ; Rechatin, Clement ; Norlin, Andreas ; Lifschitz, Agustin ; Malka, Victor

  • Author_Institution
    Laboratoire d¿Optique Appliquée, Ecole Polytechnique, ENSTA, CNRS, UMR 7639 Chemin de la Huniere, 91761 Palaiseau, France
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Controlled injection of electrons into a laser-plasma accelerator is achieved by colliding two counterpropagating laser pulses into a plasma, It results in monoenergetic, high quality, stable and tuneable electron beams (from 15 to 300 MeV).
  • Keywords
    Colliding beam accelerators; Electron accelerators; Electron beams; Laser stability; Laser tuning; Optical control; Optical pulses; Plasma accelerators; Plasma stability; Plasma waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431184
  • Filename
    4431184