Progress of the laser electron accelerator project at Stanford University

Author

Byer, R.L. ; Plettner, T. ; Barnes, C. ; Colby, E. ; Cowan, B. ; Siemann, R.H. ; Spencer, J.E.

Author_Institution

Ginzton Labs., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

108

Abstract

Our objective is to demonstrate, via a proof-of-principle experiment, particle acceleration by crossed laser beams in a single dielectric accelerator cell in vacuum. We expect to observe a laser-induced energy modulation of 15 keV on an electron beam with an initial energy of 32 MeV

Keywords

beam handling equipment; collective accelerators; electron accelerators; electron beams; electron optics; free electron lasers; particle beam bunching; particle beam diagnostics; 15 keV; 32 MeV; Stanford University; bunch length measurements; crossed laser beams; dielectric accelerator cell; electron beam; electron beam collimator; laser electron accelerator project; laser optical phase monitor; laser-induced energy modulation; proof-of-principle experiment; spatiotemporal overlap diagnostics; Acceleration; Dielectric materials; Electron accelerators; Electron beams; Laser beams; Linear particle accelerator; Particle accelerators; Particle beams; Radiation monitoring; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7191-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2001.987444

Filename

987444