A laser-plasma accelerator producing monoenergetic electron beams

Nature

Volumn 431, Issue 7008, 2004, Pages 541-544

  Faure, J ^a   Glinec, Y ^a   Pukhov, A ^b   Klselev, S ^b   Gordienko, S ^b   Lefebvre, E ^c   Rousseau, J P ^a   Burgy, F ^a   Malka, V ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CEA DAM DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON TRAPS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

ENERGETIC PARTICLE BEAMS; PLASMA BUBBLES; PLASMA ELECTRONS;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY; LASER; LASER PLASMA ACCELERATOR; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION;

EID: 5044224966     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02963     Document Type: Article

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