Vacuum laser acceleration of super-ponderomotive electrons using relativistic transparency injection

Compact electron accelerators based on laser-plasma acceleration scheme may be useful for future light sources, radiation therapy etc. Here the authors demonstrate electron acceleration in laser plasma interaction via vacuum laser acceleration and relativistic transparency injection.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: P. K. Singh, F.-Y. Li, C.-K. Huang, A. Moreau, R. Hollinger, A. Junghans, A. Favalli, C. Calvi, S. Wang, Y. Wang, H. Song, J. J. Rocca, R. E. Reinovsky, S. Palaniyappan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27691-w