High quality electron beams from a laser wakefield accelerator

  • S.M. Wiggins
  • , R.P. Shanks
  • , R.C. Issac
  • , G.H. Welsh
  • , M.P. Anania
  • , E. Brunetti
  • , G. Vieux
  • , S. Cipiccia
  • , B. Ersfeld
  • , M. R. Islam
  • , R.T.L. Burgess
  • , G. Manahan
  • , C. Aniculaesei
  • , D.A. Jaroszynski
  • , W.A. Gillespie
  • , A.M. MacLeod

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    Abstract

    Very stable, high quality electron beams (current ~ 10 kA, energy spread <1%, emittance ~ 1 p mm mrad) have been generated in a laser-plasma accelerator driven by 25 TW femtosecond laser pulses.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationLasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference: 2010 Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO/QELS 2010
    Publication statusPublished - 2010

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