Title :
Generation of 2 keV, 30 fs electron pulses via surface plasmon waves
Author :
Irvine, S.E. ; Elezzabi, A.Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada
Abstract :
We report on the generation of 2 keV, 30-fs electron pulses using laser pulses from a multipass Ti:Sapphire amplifier. This work is complemented with test particle code based on the finite-difference time-domain method.
Keywords :
electron beams; finite difference time-domain analysis; optical pulse generation; sapphire; surface plasmons; titanium; 2 keV; 30 fs; Al2O3:Ti; electron pulses; finite-difference time-domain method; multipass Ti:Sapphire amplifier; surface plasmon waves; Acceleration; Electrons; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Surface waves; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202461