Radiation from laser accelerated electron bunches: Coherent terahertz and femtosecond x-rays

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 8-22

  Leemans, Wim P ^a   Esarey, Eric ^a   van Tilborg, Jeroen ^a,b   Michel, Pierre A ^a   Schroeder, Carl B ^a   Tóth, Csaba ^a   Geddes, Cameron G R ^a   Shadwick, Bradley A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Institute for Advanced Physics   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic radiation; Electron accelerators; Lasers; Plasmas; X rays

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON TRAPS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA OSCILLATIONS; X RAYS;

FEMTOSECOND X RAYS; LASER ACCELERATED ELECTRON BUNCHES; PLASMA DENSITY MODULATION; RADIATION SOURCES; TETRAHERTZ X RAYS;

PLASMA ACCELERATORS;

EID: 14844295795     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.841618     Document Type: Article

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