• DocumentCode
    1770372
  • Title

    Laser plasma acceleration using the PW-class BELLA laser

  • Author

    Leemans, W.P. ; Gonsalves, A.J. ; Nakamura, Kentaro ; Mao, H.-S. ; Toth, C. ; Daniels, J. ; Mittelberger, D. ; Benedetti, C. ; Bulanov, S. ; Geddes, C.G.R. ; Vay, Jean-Luc ; Schroeder, C.B. ; Esarey, E.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Lawrence Berkeley Nat. Lab., Berkeley, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Multi-GeV electron acceleration of electrons using intense laser pulses that excite multi-gigavolt fields in plasmas will be discussed. Experimental results with the new BELLA PW-class lasers and supporting simulations will be presented as well as a path forward to apply this acceleration method towards practical machines.
  • Keywords
    electron accelerators; plasma accelerators; plasma production by laser; PW-class BELLA laser; acceleration method; intense laser pulses; laser plasma acceleration; multiGeV electron acceleration; multigigavolt fields; Electron beams; Free electron lasers; Laser beams; Laser theory; Plasma accelerators; Power lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988882