Electron beam pointing stability of a laser wakefield accelerator

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7359, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Issac, R C ^a   Vieux, G ^a   Welsh, G H ^a   Shanks, R ^a   Brunetti, E ^a   Cipiccia, S ^a   Anania, M P ^a   Yang, X ^a   Wiggins, S M ^a   Islam, M R ^a   Ersfeld, B ^a   Farmer, J ^a   Raj, G ^a   Chen, S ^a   Clark, D ^a   McCanny, T ^a   Jaroszynski, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Betatron oscillations; Electron beams; Emittance; Laser Wakefield acceleration; Undulator radiation

Indexed keywords

BEAM POINTING; BEAM PROPERTIES; BETATRON OSCILLATIONS; COMPACT ACCELERATORS; ELECTRON ACCELERATION; ELLIPTICAL BEAMS; EMITTANCE; ENERGY SPREADS; LASER AXIS; LASER WAKEFIELD ACCELERATION; LASER WAKEFIELD ACCELERATORS; MAJOR AXIS; RADIATION SOURCE; RELATIVISTIC INTENSITY; UNDULATOR RADIATION; WAKE FIELDS;

ACCELERATION; BETATRONS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON OPTICS; ELECTRONS; LASERS; LIGHT; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA JETS; PLASMA WAVES; PLASMAS; QUANTUM OPTICS; RADIATION; WIGGLERS;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 69949125997     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.822165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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