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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
