• DocumentCode
    2653004
  • Title

    Laser WakeField Acceleration of 170 MeV Quasi-Monoenergetic Electron Beams

  • Author

    Faure, Jérôme ; Glinec, Yannick ; Malka, Victor ; Pukhov, A. ; Kiselev, S. ; Gordienko, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. d´´Opt. Appliquee, CNRS, Palaiseau
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    27-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1482
  • Lastpage
    1484
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate the generation of high quality electron beams resulting from the interaction of ultrashort and ultraintense laser pulses with underdense plasmas. The electron energy distribution is quasi-monoenergetic and peaks at 170 MeV
  • Keywords
    electron accelerators; electron beams; high-speed optical techniques; plasma accelerators; plasma light propagation; wakefield accelerators; 170 MeV; electron beam generation; electron energy distribution; laser wakefield acceleration; laser-plasma interaction; monoenergetic electron beams; Acceleration; Electron beams; Laser beams; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Particle accelerators; Particle beams; Plasma accelerators; Plasma simulation; Plasma waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1549180
  • Filename
    1549180