Collimated attosecond GeV electron bunches from ionization of high-Z material by radially polarized ultra-relativistic laser pulses

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 371-377

  Karmakar, A ^a   Pukhov, A ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron acceleration; Ionization; Laser plasma; Three dimensional particle in cell simulation

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION; LASER PULSES; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; POLARIZATION;

ELECTRON ACCELERATION; LASER PLASMA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATION;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

EID: 34548321386     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034607000249     Document Type: Conference Paper

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