Generation of quasi-monoenergetic 2 GeV electrons by laser wakefield acceleration

We report self-injected quasi-monoenergetic (5% spread FWHM) acceleration of electrons to 2.0 ± 0.1 GeV by 0.6 PW-laser-driven wakefield acceleration in pure He plasma of density 5×10 17 cm -3 . Electron bunches diverge ~0.5mrad, and contain ~60 pC.

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Published inCLEO: 2013 pp. 1 - 2
Main Authors Wang, X., Zgadzaj, R., Fazel, N., Li, Z., Henderson, W., Chang, Y.-Y, Korzekwa, R., Yi, S. A., Khudik, V., Zhang, X., Tsai, H.-E, Pai, C.-H, Quevedo, H., Dyer, G., Gaul, E., Martinez, M., Bernstein, A., Borger, T., Spinks, M., Donovan, M., Shvets, G., Ditmire, T., Downer, M. C.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published The Optical Society 01.06.2013
Subjects
Acceleration
Helium
Optical pulses
Plasmas
Semiconductor lasers
X-ray lasers
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Summary:We report self-injected quasi-monoenergetic (5% spread FWHM) acceleration of electrons to 2.0 ± 0.1 GeV by 0.6 PW-laser-driven wakefield acceleration in pure He plasma of density 5×10 17 cm -3 . Electron bunches diverge ~0.5mrad, and contain ~60 pC.
ISSN:2160-8989
2160-9004
DOI:10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2013.QTh3A.5