Tuning of laser pulse shapes in grating-based compressors for optimal electron acceleration in plasmas

Optics Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 1823-1825

  Toth Cs ^a   Faure, J ^a   Van Tilborg, J ^a   Geddes, C G R ^a   Schroeder, C B ^a   Esarey, E ^a   Leemans, W P ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PLASMAS; RAMAN SCATTERING;

GRATING-BASED COMPRESSORS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 0141997955     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.28.001823     Document Type: Article

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