The generation of mono-energetic electron beams from ultrashort pulse laser - Plasma interactions

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1840, 2006, Pages 663-677

  Mangles, S P D ^a   Krushelnick, K ^a   Najmudin, Z ^a   Wei, M S ^a   Walton, B ^a   Gopal, A ^a   Dangor, A E ^a   Fritzler, S ^b   Murphy, C D ^a,c   Thomas, A G R ^a   Mori, W B ^e   Gallacher, J ^d   Jaroszynski, D ^d   Norreys, P A ^c   Viskup, R ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^c Harwell Campus   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lasers; Particle acceleration; Plasmas

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645295791     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2005.1730     Document Type: Article

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