TY - JOUR
T1 - Laser-driven electron acceleration in plasmas with few-cycle pulses
AU - Veisz, Laszlo
AU - Schmid, Karl
AU - Tavella, Franz
AU - Benavides, Sofia
AU - Tautz, Raphael
AU - Herrmann, Daniel
AU - Buck, Alexander
AU - Hidding, Bernhard
AU - Marcinkevicius, Andrius
AU - Schramm, Ulrich
AU - Geissler, Michael
AU - Meyer-ter-Vehn, Jürgen
AU - Habs, Dietrich
AU - Krausz, Ferenc
PY - 2009/3/1
Y1 - 2009/3/1
N2 - We report on laser-driven electron acceleration with 8 fs, i.e. three optical cycles, pulse duration and 40 mJ energy. Theory and numerical simulations predict that this experimentally unexplored parameter range is relevant for laser wake-field acceleration. The electron spectra produced are monoenergetic with a peak up to 50 MeV and free of low-energy electrons with thermal spectrum. The electron beam has a typical divergence of 5-10 mrad. The accelerator is routinely operated at 10 Hz and correspondingly it is a promising source for several applications.
AB - We report on laser-driven electron acceleration with 8 fs, i.e. three optical cycles, pulse duration and 40 mJ energy. Theory and numerical simulations predict that this experimentally unexplored parameter range is relevant for laser wake-field acceleration. The electron spectra produced are monoenergetic with a peak up to 50 MeV and free of low-energy electrons with thermal spectrum. The electron beam has a typical divergence of 5-10 mrad. The accelerator is routinely operated at 10 Hz and correspondingly it is a promising source for several applications.
KW - Bubble regime
KW - Laser-driven electron acceleration
KW - Monoenergetic
KW - Ultrashort pulse
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=67649259214&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.crhy.2009.03.014
DO - 10.1016/j.crhy.2009.03.014
M3 - Short survey
AN - SCOPUS:67649259214
SN - 1631-0705
VL - 10
SP - 140
EP - 147
JO - Comptes Rendus Physique
JF - Comptes Rendus Physique
IS - 2-3
ER -