High quality electron beams from a laser wakefield accelerator

S. M. Wiggins; R. P. Shanks; R. C. Issac; G. H. Welsh; M. P. Anania; E. Brunetti; G. Vieux; S. Cipiccia; B. Ersfeld; M. R. Islam; R. T. L. Burgess; G. G. Manahan; C. Aniculaesei; W. A. Gillespie; A. M. MacLeod; D. A. Jaroszynski

High quality electron beams from a laser wakefield accelerator

S. M. Wiggins, R. P. Shanks, R. C. Issac, G. H. Welsh, M. P. Anania, E. Brunetti, G. Vieux, S. Cipiccia, B. Ersfeld, M. R. Islam, R. T. L. Burgess, G. G. Manahan, C. Aniculaesei, W. A. Gillespie, A. M. MacLeod, D. A. Jaroszynski

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Abstract

Very stable, high quality electron beams (current ~ 10 kA, energy spread <1%, emittance ~ 1π mm mrad) have been generated in a laser-plasma accelerator driven by 25 TW femtosecond laser pulses.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2010 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS)
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Number of pages	2
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2010
Event	2010 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - San Jose McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, United States Duration: 16 May 2010 → 21 May 2010

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Conference	2010 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
Abbreviated title	CLEO
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose
Period	16/05/10 → 21/05/10

Keywords

Laser wakefield accelerator
Laser plasma accelerator

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Wiggins, S. M., Shanks, R. P., Issac, R. C., Welsh, G. H., Anania, M. P., Brunetti, E., Vieux, G., Cipiccia, S., Ersfeld, B., Islam, M. R., Burgess, R. T. L., Manahan, G. G., Aniculaesei, C., Gillespie, W. A., MacLeod, A. M., & Jaroszynski, D. A. (2010). High quality electron beams from a laser wakefield accelerator. In 2010 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS) http://ieeexplore.ieee.org.libproxy.abertay.ac.uk/document/5500487/

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High quality electron beams from a laser wakefield accelerator

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