• DocumentCode
    1769650
  • Title

    Generating ultrashort hundreds-of-keV electron bunches using radially polarized laser pulses

  • Author

    Marceau, Vincent ; Varin, Charles ; Brabec, Thomas ; Piche, Michel

  • Author_Institution
    Centre d´Opt., Photonique et Laser, Univ. Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Particle-in-cell simulations show that quasimonoenergetic electron bunches with one-femtosecond initial duration may be produced from direct acceleration in a low-density gas. These bunches could find applications in ultrafast electron diffraction experiments.
  • Keywords
    electron accelerators; electron optics; high-speed optical techniques; particle beam bunching; direct acceleration; low-density gas; one-femtosecond initial duration; particle-in-cell simulations; quasimonoenergetic electron bunch; radially polarized laser pulses; time 1 fs; ultrafast electron diffraction experiments; ultrashort hundreds-of-keV electron bunch generation; Acceleration; Diffraction; Gas lasers; Hydrogen; Ionization; Laser applications; Optical pulse generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988465