Design and simulation of laser wakefield acceleration with external electron bunch injection in front of the laser pulse

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Irman, A ^a   Luttikhof, M J H ^a   Khachatryan, A G ^a   Van Goor, F A ^a   Verschuur, J W J ^a   Bastiaens, H M J ^a   Boller, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; KINETIC ENERGY; LASER PULSES; PHOTOCATHODES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS;

DISCHARGE PLASMA; ELECTRON BUNCHES; RADIO FREQUENCY LINAC; WAKEFIELD ACCELERATOR;

LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

EID: 34547600512     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2759878     Document Type: Article

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