Applications of laser wakefield accelerator-based light sources

F Albert, AGR Thomas - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Laser-wakefield accelerators (LWFAs) were proposed more than three decades ago, and
while they promise to deliver compact, high energy particle accelerators, they will also …

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 …

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 …

Two-color laser-ionization injection

LL Yu, E Esarey, CB Schroeder, JL Vay, C Benedetti… - Physical review …, 2014 - APS
A method is proposed to generate femtosecond, ultralow emittance (∼ 10− 8 m rad),
electron beams in a laser-plasma accelerator using two lasers of different colors. A long …

Theory of ionization-induced trapping in laser-plasma accelerators

M Chen, E Esarey, CB Schroeder, CGR Geddes… - Physics of …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Ionization injection in a laser-plasma accelerator is studied analytically and by multi-
dimensional particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. To enable the production of low energy …

Injection and acceleration of quasimonoenergetic relativistic electron beams using density gradients at the edges of a plasma channel

J Faure, C Rechatin, O Lundh, L Ammoura… - Physics of Plasmas, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
The injection of quasimonoenergetic electron beams into a laser wakefield accelerator is
demonstrated experimentally using density gradients at the edges of a plasma channel. In …

Beat wave injection of electrons into plasma waves using two interfering laser pulses

G Fubiani, E Esarey, CB Schroeder… - Physical Review E …, 2004 - APS
An electron injector concept that uses a single injection laser pulse colliding with a pump
laser pulse in a plasma is analyzed. The pump pulse generates a large amplitude laser …

Horizons of petawatt laser technology

AV Korzhimanov, AA Gonoskov, EA Khazanov… - Physics …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Horizons of petawatt laser technology Page 1 Physics-Uspekhi REVIEWS OF TOPICAL
PROBLEMS Horizons of petawatt laser technology To cite this article: Artem V Korzhimanov et …

Controlled electron injection into the wake wave using plasma density inhomogeneity

AV Brantov, TZ Esirkepov, M Kando, H Kotaki… - Physics of …, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
The electron injection, for the laser wake field accelerator, controlled through the plasma
density inhomogeneity is studied on a basis of analytical estimates and two-and three …

Spatially localized self-injection of electrons in a self-modulated laser-wakefield accelerator by using a laser-induced transient density ramp

TY Chien, CL Chang, CH Lee, JY Lin, J Wang… - Physical review …, 2005 - APS
By using a laser-induced transient density ramp, we demonstrate self-injection of electrons
in a self-modulated laser-wakefield accelerator with spatial localization. The number of …