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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
