Title :
Laser Guiding at Relativistic Intensities and Wake-field Particle Acceleration in Plasma Channels
Author :
Geddes, C.G.R. ; Toth, Cs. ; van Tilborg, J. ; Esarey, E. ; Schroeder, C.B. ; Bruhwiler, D. ; Nieter, C. ; Cary, J. ; Leemans, W.P.
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Berkeley Nat. Lab., CA
Abstract :
High quality electron beams with hundreds of picoCoulombs of charge in percent energy spread above 80 MeV were produced for the first time in high gradient laser wakefield accelerators by guiding the drive laser pulse
Keywords :
electron accelerators; particle beam bunching; plasma accelerators; plasma light propagation; plasma transport processes; relativistic corrections; wakefield accelerators; electron beams; laser intensity; laser pulse; plasma channels; wake-field particle acceleration; Acceleration; Diffraction; Electron beams; Electron traps; Linear particle accelerator; Optical pulses; Particle beams; Plasma accelerators; Plasma density; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549177
