High quality electron beams from a laser wakefield accelerator

Mark Wiggins; Richard Shanks; Riju Issac; Gregor H. Welsh; Maria Pia Anania; Enrico Brunetti; Gregory Vieux; Silvia Cipiccia; Bernhard Ersfeld; Mohammad Islam; Ronan Timothy Liam Burgess; Grace Manahan; Constantin Aniculaesei; W. A. Gillespie; A. M. MacLeod; Dino Jaroszynski

High quality electron beams from a laser wakefield accelerator

Mark Wiggins, Richard Shanks, Riju Issac, Gregor H. Welsh, Maria Pia Anania, Enrico Brunetti, Gregory Vieux, Silvia Cipiccia, Bernhard Ersfeld, Mohammad Islam, Ronan Timothy Liam Burgess, Grace Manahan, Constantin Aniculaesei, W. A. Gillespie, A. M. MacLeod, Dino Jaroszynski

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Very stable, high quality electron beams (current similar to 10 kA, energy spread < 1%, emittance similar to 1 pi 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)/quantum electronics and laser science
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Print)	9781557528902
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO/QELS) 2010 - San Jose, United States Duration: 17 May 2010 → …

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Conference	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO/QELS) 2010
Country	United States
City	San Jose
Period	17/05/10 → …

Keywords

high quality
electron beams
laser wakefield accelerator
acceleration
x-ray lasers
spectroscopy
plasma density
plasma accelerators
particle accelerators
laser beams
gas lasers
charge coupled devices

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LaserLab Europe - The Integrated Initiative of European Laser Research Infrastructures II (FP7 Research Infrastructures)
Jaroszynski, D.
European Commission - FP7 - General
1/03/09 → 31/05/12
Project: Research
Extreme light infrastructure (ELI)
Jaroszynski, D.
STFC Science and Technology Facilities Council
1/04/08 → 31/03/11
Project: Research
HARNESSING LASER-DRIVEN PLASMA WAVES AS PARTICLE AND RADIATION SOURCES
Jaroszynski, D., Bingham, R., Ledingham, K. & McKenna, P.
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/03/07 → 31/08/11
Project: Research

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Wiggins, M., Shanks, R., Issac, R., Welsh, G. H., Anania, M. P., Brunetti, E., Vieux, G., Cipiccia, S., Ersfeld, B., Islam, M., Burgess, R. T. L., Manahan, G., Aniculaesei, C., Gillespie, W. A., MacLeod, A. M., & Jaroszynski, D. (2010). High quality electron beams from a laser wakefield accelerator. In 2010 Conference on lasers and electro-optics (CLEO)/quantum electronics and laser science IEEE.

Wiggins, Mark ; Shanks, Richard ; Issac, Riju ; Welsh, Gregor H. ; Anania, Maria Pia ; Brunetti, Enrico ; Vieux, Gregory ; Cipiccia, Silvia ; Ersfeld, Bernhard ; Islam, Mohammad ; Burgess, Ronan Timothy Liam ; Manahan, Grace ; Aniculaesei, Constantin ; Gillespie, W. A. ; MacLeod, A. M. ; Jaroszynski, Dino. / High quality electron beams from a laser wakefield accelerator. 2010 Conference on lasers and electro-optics (CLEO)/quantum electronics and laser science . New York : IEEE, 2010.

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High quality electron beams from a laser wakefield accelerator. / Wiggins, Mark; Shanks, Richard; Issac, Riju; Welsh, Gregor H.; Anania, Maria Pia; Brunetti, Enrico ; Vieux, Gregory; Cipiccia, Silvia; Ersfeld, Bernhard; Islam, Mohammad; Burgess, Ronan Timothy Liam; Manahan, Grace; Aniculaesei, Constantin; Gillespie, W. A.; MacLeod, A. M.; Jaroszynski, Dino.

2010 Conference on lasers and electro-optics (CLEO)/quantum electronics and laser science . New York : IEEE, 2010.

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High quality electron beams from a laser wakefield accelerator

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LaserLab Europe - The Integrated Initiative of European Laser Research Infrastructures II (FP7 Research Infrastructures)

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HARNESSING LASER-DRIVEN PLASMA WAVES AS PARTICLE AND RADIATION SOURCES

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