DocumentCode
1693005
Title
High-repetition rate wakefield electron source driven by few-millijoule ultrashort laser pulses
Author
He, Zhaohan ; Hou, Bixue ; Easter, James H. ; Krushelnick, Karl ; Nees, John ; Thomas, Alec
Author_Institution
Center for Ultrafast Opt. Sci., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
fYear
2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
10mJ ultrafast laser pulses acting on gas flow from capillary nozzles generate stable 100keV electron beams at 500Hz. Particle-in-cell simulations indicate that slow high amplitude plasma waves form and accelerate the electron beams.
Keywords
nozzles; plasma flow; plasma light propagation; plasma simulation; plasma sources; capillary nozzles; electron beam acceleration; electron volt energy 100 keV; energy 10 mJ; frequency 500 Hz; gas flow; high amplitude plasma waves; high-repetition rate wakefield electron source; particle-in-cell simulations; stable electron beam generation; ultrashort laser pulses; Acceleration; Electron beams; Laser beams; Laser theory; Measurement by laser beam; Plasmas; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1839-6
Type
conf
Filename
6327165
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