Generation of dark-current-free quasi-monoenergetic 1.25 GeV electrons by laser wakefield acceleration

X. Wang; R. Zgadzaj; W. Henderson; N. Fazel; Y.-Y. Chang; R. Korzekwa; A. S. Yi; V. Khudik; H-E Tsai; C.-H Pai; Z. Li; H. Quevedo; G. Dyer; E. Gaul; M. Martinez; A. Bernstein; T. Borger; M. Spinks; M. Donovan; G. Shvets; T. Ditmire; M. C. Downer

doi:10.1364/QELS.2012.QW3F.1

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2012
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2012),
paper QW3F.1
•https://doi.org/10.1364/QELS.2012.QW3F.1

Generation of dark-current-free quasi-monoenergetic 1.25 GeV electrons by laser wakefield acceleration

X. Wang, R. Zgadzaj, W. Henderson, N. Fazel, Y.-Y. Chang, R. Korzekwa, A. S. Yi, V. Khudik, H-E Tsai, C.-H Pai, Z. Li, H. Quevedo, G. Dyer, E. Gaul, M. Martinez, A. Bernstein, T. Borger, M. Spinks, M. Donovan, G. Shvets, T. Ditmire, and M. C. Downer

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference 2012

San Jose, California United States
6–11 May 2012
ISBN: 978-1-55752-943-5

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X. Wang, R. Zgadzaj, W. Henderson, N. Fazel, Y. -. Chang, R. Korzekwa, A. S. Yi, V. Khudik, H. Tsai, C. -. Pai, Z. Li, H. Quevedo, G. Dyer, E. Gaul, M. Martinez, A. Bernstein, T. Borger, M. Spinks, M. Donovan, G. Shvets, T. Ditmire, and M. C. Downer, "Generation of dark-current-free quasi-monoenergetic 1.25 GeV electrons by laser wakefield acceleration," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2012, OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2012), paper QW3F.1.

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Abstract

We report electron acceleration to 1.25 GeV by petawatt-laser-driven wakefield acceleration at plasma density 5×10¹⁷ cm^-3. Electron beams are dark-current-free, quasi-monoenergetic, highly collimated (<1mrad divergence), contain tens of pC and have excellent pointing stability.

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