Controlled injection and acceleration of electrons in plasma wakefields by colliding laser pulses

Nature

Volumn 444, Issue 7120, 2006, Pages 737-739

  Faure, J ^a   Rechatin, C ^a   Norlin, A ^a   Lifschitz, A ^a   Glinec, Y ^a   Malka, V ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; LASER;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY TRANSFER; LASER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 33845670273     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05393     Document Type: Article

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