Electron acceleration by a wake field forced by an intense ultrashort laser pulse

Science

Volumn 298, Issue 5598, 2002, Pages 1596-1600

  Malka, Victor ^a   Fritzler, S ^a   Lefebvre, E ^b   Aleonard, M M ^c   Burgy, F ^a   Chambaret, J P ^a   Chemin, J F ^c   Krushelnick, K ^d   Malka, G ^c   Mangles, S P D ^d   Najmudin, Z ^d   Pittman, M ^a   Rousseau, J P ^a   Scheurer, J N ^c   Walton, B ^d   Dangor, A E ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEA DAM DIF   (France)

^c CENTRE D ETUDES NUCLÉAIRES DE BORDEAUX GRADIGNAN   (France)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON BEAMS; LASER PULSES; PLASMAS; WAKES;

SPACE-CHARGE OSCILLATIONS;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

LASER; PLASMA;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; ELECTRON BEAM; LASER; OSCILLATION; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

EID: 10744230839     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1076782     Document Type: Article

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