Evolution of a high-density electron beam in the field of a super-intense laser pulse

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 397-409

  Kulagin, V V ^a,d   Cherepenin, V A ^b   Hur, M S ^c   Lee, J ^a   Suk, H ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b INSTITUTE OF RADIO ENGINEERING AND ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

^c Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI)   (South Korea)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Laser plasma interaction; Microbunching of electron beams; Super intense laser pulse; Ultrashort electron beams

Indexed keywords

DATA COMPRESSION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON GUNS; ELECTRON OPTICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LASER BEAMS; LASER FUSION; LASER PULSES; LASERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SPACE PROBES;

ELECTRON-BEAM; LASER-PLASMA INTERACTION; MICROBUNCHING OF ELECTRON BEAMS; SUPER-INTENSE LASER PULSE; ULTRASHORT ELECTRON BEAMS;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 51149112686     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034608000414     Document Type: Article

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