High repetition-rate wakefield electron source generated by few-millijoule, 30 fs laser pulses on a density downramp
We report on an experimental demonstration of laser wakefield electron acceleration using a sub-TW power laser by tightly focusing 30 fs laser pulses with an 8 mJ pulse energy on a 100 μ m scale gas target. The experiments are carried out at an unprecedented 0.5 kHz repetition rate, allowing ‘real-...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2013-01-01
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| Series: | New Journal of Physics |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/5/053016 |