Plasma wakefield accelerators use tabletop equipment to produce relativistic femtosecond
electron bunches. Optical and X-ray diagnostics have established that their charge …

We present the observation and the detailed investigation of coherent Cherenkov diffraction
radiation (CChDR) in terms of spectral-angular characteristics. Electromagnetic simulations …

The second harmonic of the laser light (2 ω 0) is observed on the rear side of thick solid
targets irradiated by a laser beam at relativistic intensities. This emission is explained by the …

Recently, there has been an increasing interest in energetic hot electrons generated in
ultraintense laser plasma interactions because of their many potential applications in …

We present design and realization of an ultrabroadband optical spectrometer capable of
measuring the spectral intensity of multioctave-spanning light sources on a single-pulse …

We report observations of coherent optical transition radiation interferometry (COTRI)
patterns generated by microbunched∼ 200-MeV electrons as they emerge from a laser …

The advances in laser technology have made available very short and intense laser pulses
which can be used to seed a high-gain single-pass free-electron laser (FEL) amplifier. With …

Hot electrons and optical emission are measured from the rear surface of a metallic foil. The
spectra of the optical emission in the near infrared region have a sharp spike around the …

We have measured the coherent optical transition radiation emitted by an electron beam
from laser-plasma interaction. The measurement of the spectrum of the radiation reveals fine …

In this paper we discuss the design choices and construction strategy of the tapered
undulator system designed for a high energy extraction efficiency experiment in the …