GeV electron beams from a centimeter-scale laser-driven plasma accelerator

Results are presented on the generation of quasimonoenergetic electron beams with energy up to 1GeV using a 40TW laser and a 3.3 cm-long hydrogen-filled capillary discharge waveguide [1, 2]. Electron beams were not observed without a plasma channel, indicating that self-focusing alone could not be r...

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Main Authors: Gonsalves, A, Nakamura, K, Tóth, C, Geddes, C, Schroeder, C, Esarey, E, Cormier-Michel, E, Leemans, W, Bruhwiler, D, Cary, JR, Hooker, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2007