Generation of mega-electron-volt electron beams by an ultrafast intense laser pulse

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 132-137

  Wang, Xiaofang ^a,b   Saleh, Ned ^b   Krishnan, Mohan ^b   Wang, Haiwen ^b   Backus, Sterling ^b,c   Murnane, Margaret ^b,c   Kapteyn, Henry ^b,c   Umstadter, Donald ^b   Wang, Quandong ^a   Shen, Baifei ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; PLASMA OSCILLATIONS; PLASMAS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

ULTRAFAST INTENSE LASER PULSES;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0037837040     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000132     Document Type: Article

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