Author :
Wang, X. ; Zgadzaj, R. ; Henderson, W. ; Fazel, N. ; Chang, Y.-Y. ; Korzekwa, R. ; Yi, A.S. ; Khudik, V. ; Tsai, H.-E. ; Pai, C.-H. ; Li, Z. ; Quevedo, H. ; Dyer, G. ; Gaul, E. ; Martinez, M. ; Bernstein, A. ; Borger, T. ; Spinks, M. ; Donovan, M. ; Shvet
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
We report electron acceleration to 1.25 GeV by petawatt-laser-driven wakefield acceleration at plasma density 5×1017 cm3. Electron beams are dark-current-free, quasi-monoenergetic, highly collimated (<;1mrad divergence), contain tens of pC and have excellent pointing stability.
Keywords :
plasma density; plasma light propagation; dark-current-free quasimonoenergetic electron generation; electron acceleration; high collimated beam; petawatt-laser-driven wakefield acceleration; plasma density; pointing stability; Acceleration; Electron beams; Laser beams; Laser modes; Plasma density; Semiconductor lasers;
