• DocumentCode
    3019904
  • Title

    Injection of electrons into plasma waves by colliding laser pulses into an underdense plasma

  • Author

    Faure, Jérôme ; Rechatin, Clement ; Norlin, Andreas ; Lifschitz, Agusting ; Malka, Victor

  • Author_Institution
    CNRS, Palaiseau
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Controlled injection of electrons into a laser-plasma accelerator is achieved by colliding two counterpropagating laser pulses into a plasma. It results in monoenergetic, high quality, stable and tuneable electron beams (from 15 to 300 MeV).
  • Keywords
    plasma accelerators; plasma light propagation; plasma waves; colliding laser pulses; controlled electron injection; counterpropagating laser pulses; electron volt energy 15 MeV to 300 MeV; laser-plasma accelerator; plasma waves; underdense plasma; Colliding beam accelerators; Electron accelerators; Electron beams; Laser tuning; Optical control; Optical pulses; Plasma accelerators; Plasma stability; Plasma waves; Tunable circuits and devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453407
  • Filename
    4453407