Title :
Monoenergetic electron beams from relativistic laser-plasma interaction
Author :
Malka, V. ; Faure, J. ; Glinec, Y.
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´´Opt. Appliquee, Ecole Polytech., Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
In this paper, we demonstrate the production of high quality and high energy electron beams from laser-plasma interaction. In a distance of 3 mm, a very collimated and quasi-monoenergetic electron beam is emitted with a 1 nanocoulomb charge at 170 MeV +/-20 MeV.
Keywords :
plasma heating by laser; plasma light propagation; relativistic electron beams; 3 mm; high energy electron beam; monoenergetic electron beam; relativistic laser-plasma interaction; Acceleration; Chemical lasers; Electron beams; Laser beams; Linear particle accelerator; Particle accelerators; Particle beams; Plasma accelerators; Plasma applications; Plasma chemistry;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568191
