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Controlled injection and acceleration of electrons in plasma wakefields by colliding laser pulses

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  • J. Faure

    (Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, UMR 7639)

  • C. Rechatin

    (Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, UMR 7639)

  • A. Norlin

    (Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, UMR 7639)

  • A. Lifschitz

    (Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, UMR 7639)

  • Y. Glinec

    (Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, UMR 7639)

  • V. Malka

    (Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, UMR 7639)

Abstract

Careful acceleration Conventional particle accelerators are usually hundreds of metres long, hence the interest in laser-plasma based alternatives that can generate energetic electron beams within much shorter distances. These compact accelerators can produce high quality electron beams by using an intense laser pulse to drive a large electric field, but until now they have not achieved the stability and reproducibility needed in a practical accelerator. Now a new approach has succeeded in producing a compact and stable accelerator with the potential for use in applications such as radiotherapy and in radiography for materials science. The trick is to use an idea first suggested a decade ago but not previously mastered: a second laser pulse collides with the first to allow better control over the injection and subsequent acceleration of electrons.

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  • J. Faure & C. Rechatin & A. Norlin & A. Lifschitz & Y. Glinec & V. Malka, 2006. "Controlled injection and acceleration of electrons in plasma wakefields by colliding laser pulses," Nature, Nature, vol. 444(7120), pages 737-739, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:444:y:2006:i:7120:d:10.1038_nature05393
    DOI: 10.1038/nature05393
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