Title :
Laser acceleration of non-relativistic electrons at dielectric structures: Status and outlook
Author :
McNeur, J. ; Li, A. ; Schonenberger, N. ; Tafel, A. ; Hommelhoff, P.
Author_Institution :
Friedrich Alexander Univ. Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
Abstract :
Dielectric laser acceleration of electrons is the optical counterpart of phase-synchronous RF-acceleration of electrons in classical accelerators, demonstrated by us and at Stanford/SLAC recently. We discuss concept, experiments and detail highlights of this high-gradient scheme.
Keywords :
dielectric materials; electron accelerators; laser beam applications; dielectric laser acceleration; dielectric structures; high-gradient scheme; nonrelativistic electrons; phase-synchronous RF-acceleration; Acceleration; Biomedical optical imaging; Dielectrics; Electron optics; Gratings; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
