• DocumentCode
    520889
  • Title

    Attosecond electron bunches from laser wakefield accelerators

  • Author

    Luttikhof, M.J.H. ; Khachatryan, A.G. ; van Goor, F.A. ; Boller, K.-J.

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Sci. & Technol., Univ. of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Femtosecond electron bunches with ultra-relativistic energies were recently generated by laser wakefield accelerators. Here we predict that such accelerators can generate stable attosecond bunches, due to betatron phase mixing within a femtosecond electron bunch.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; particle beam bunching; wakefield accelerators; attosecond electron bunches; betatron phase mixing; femtosecond electron bunches; laser wakefield accelerators; Acceleration; Electron accelerators; Frequency; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Physics; Plasma accelerators; Plasma density; Plasma waves; Space charge;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500492