High-quality electron beams from a laser wakefield accelarator using plasma-channel guiding

Nature

Volumn 431, Issue 7008, 2004, Pages 538-541

  Geddes, C G R ^a,b   Toth, Cs ^a   Van Tilborg, J ^a,c   Esarey, E ^a   Schroeder, C B ^a   Bruhwiler, D ^d   Nieter, C ^d   Cary, J ^d,e   Leemans, W P ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d TECH X CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON SOURCES; LASER PULSES; LASERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA WAVES; RADIATION;

EMITTANCE; LASER-DRIVEN ACCELERATORS; RADIATION SOURCES;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

PHYSICS;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY;

EID: 5044240152     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02900     Document Type: Article

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