Femtosecond x rays from laser-plasma accelerators

S Corde, K Ta Phuoc, G Lambert, R Fitour, V Malka… - Reviews of Modern …, 2013 - APS
Relativistic interaction of short-pulse lasers with underdense plasmas has recently led to the
emergence of a novel generation of femtosecond x-ray sources. Based on radiation from …

Physics of laser-driven plasma-based electron accelerators

E Esarey, CB Schroeder, WP Leemans - Reviews of modern physics, 2009 - APS
Laser-driven plasma-based accelerators, which are capable of supporting fields in excess of
100 GV∕ m, are reviewed. This includes the laser wakefield accelerator, the plasma beat …

High-quality electron beams from a laser wakefield accelerator using plasma-channel guiding

CGR Geddes, C Toth, J Van Tilborg, E Esarey… - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
Laser-driven accelerators, in which particles are accelerated by the electric field of a plasma
wave (the wakefield) driven by an intense laser, have demonstrated accelerating electric …

GeV electron beams from a centimetre-scale accelerator

WP Leemans, B Nagler, AJ Gonsalves, C Tóth… - Nature physics, 2006 - nature.com
Gigaelectron volt (GeV) electron accelerators are essential to synchrotron radiation facilities
and free-electron lasers, and as modules for high-energy particle physics. Radiofrequency …

Generating multi-GeV electron bunches using single stage laser wakefield acceleration<? format?> in a 3D nonlinear regime

W Lu, M Tzoufras, C Joshi, FS Tsung, WB Mori… - Physical Review Special …, 2007 - APS
The extraordinary ability of space-charge waves in plasmas to accelerate charged particles
at gradients that are orders of magnitude greater than in current accelerators has been well …

Injection and trap** of tunnel-ionized electrons into laser-produced wakes

A Pak, KA Marsh, SF Martins, W Lu, WB Mori, C Joshi - Physical review letters, 2010 - APS
A method, which utilizes the large difference in ionization potentials between successive
ionization states of trace atoms, for injecting electrons into a laser-driven wakefield is …

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

J Faure, C Rechatin, A Norlin, A Lifschitz, Y Glinec… - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
In laser-plasma-based accelerators, an intense laser pulse drives a large electric field (the
wakefield) which accelerates particles to high energies in distances much shorter than in …

Nonlinear theory for relativistic plasma wakefields in the blowout regime

W Lu, C Huang, M Zhou, WB Mori, T Katsouleas - Physical review letters, 2006 - APS
We present a theory for nonlinear, multidimensional plasma waves with phase velocities
near the speed of light. It is appropriate for describing plasma waves excited when all …

Self-guided laser wakefield acceleration beyond 1 GeV using ionization-induced injection

CE Clayton, JE Ralph, F Albert, RA Fonseca… - Physical review …, 2010 - APS
The concepts of matched-beam, self-guided laser propagation and ionization-induced
injection have been combined to accelerate electrons up to 1.45 GeV energy in a laser …

Beam loading in the nonlinear regime of plasma-based acceleration

M Tzoufras, W Lu, FS Tsung, C Huang, WB Mori… - Physical review …, 2008 - APS
A theory that describes how to load negative charge into a nonlinear, three-dimensional
plasma wakefield is presented. In this regime, a laser or an electron beam blows out the …