Inverse cerenkov acceleration and inverse free-electron laser experimental results for staged electron laser acceleration

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1094-1102

  Campbell, Lora P ^a,e   Dilley, Christian E ^a   Gottschalk, Stephen C ^b   Kimura, Wayne D ^a   Quimby, David C ^b   Steinhauer, Loren C ^c   Babzien, Marcus ^a   Ben Zvi, Ilan ^d   Gallardo, Juan C ^a   Kusche Jr , Karl P ^a   Pogorelsky, Igor V ^b   Skaritka, John R ^a   Van Steenbergen, Arie ^a  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b STI OPTRONICS INC   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide lasers, electron accelerators; Electron linear accelerators; Inverse cerenkov accelerators; Inverse free electron laser; Laser accelerators; Linear accelerators; Particle beam measurements

Indexed keywords

EID: 1242329080     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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