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 …

[HTML][HTML] EuPRAXIA conceptual design report

RW Assmann, MK Weikum, T Akhter, D Alesini… - The European Physical …, 2020 - Springer
This report presents the conceptual design of a new European research infrastructure
EuPRAXIA. The concept has been established over the last four years in a unique …

Developments in laser-driven plasma accelerators

SM Hooker - Nature Photonics, 2013 - nature.com
Laser-driven plasma accelerators provide acceleration gradients that are three orders of
magnitude greater than those generated by conventional accelerators, offering the potential …

Guiding of high-intensity laser pulses with a hydrogen-filled capillary discharge waveguide

A Butler, DJ Spence, SM Hooker - Physical Review Letters, 2002 - APS
We report guiding of laser pulses with peak input intensities greater than 10 17 W cm-2 in 30
mm and 50 mm long H 2-filled capillary discharge waveguides. Under conditions producing …

Investigation of a hydrogen plasma waveguide

DJ Spence, SM Hooker - Physical Review E, 2000 - APS
A hydrogen plasma waveguide for high-intensity laser pulses is described. The guiding
channel is formed by a small-scale discharge in a hydrogen-filled capillary. The measured …

Simulations of a hydrogen-filled capillary discharge waveguide

NA Bobrova, AA Esaulov, JI Sakai, PV Sasorov… - Physical Review E, 2001 - APS
A one-dimensional dissipative magnetohydrodynamics code is used to investigate the
discharge dynamics of a waveguide for high-intensity laser pulses: the gas-filled capillary …

GeV electron beams from a centimeter-scale channel guided laser wakefield accelerator

K Nakamura, B Nagler, C Tóth, CGR Geddes… - Physics of …, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
Laser wakefield accelerators can produce electric fields of order 10–100 GV∕ m⁠, suitable
for acceleration of electrons to relativistic energies. The wakefields are excited by a …

Hydrodynamic optical-field-ionized plasma channels

RJ Shalloo, C Arran, L Corner, J Holloway, J Jonnerby… - Physical Review E, 2018 - APS
We present experiments and numerical simulations which demonstrate that fully ionized, low-
density plasma channels could be formed by hydrodynamic expansion of plasma columns …

The development of laser-and beam-driven plasma accelerators as an experimental field

C Joshi - Physics of plasmas, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
Since its inception in the early 1980s, the field of plasma-based particle accelerators has
made remarkable advances. Robust plasma accelerating structures can now be excited …

Prospects for free-electron lasers powered by plasma-wakefield-accelerated beams

M Galletti, R Assmann, ME Couprie, M Ferrario… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Plasma-wakefield-based acceleration technology has the potential to revolutionize the field
of particle accelerators. By providing acceleration gradients orders of magnitude larger than …