Real-time observation of laser-driven electron acceleration

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 543-548

  Buck, Alexander ^a,b   Nicolai, Maria ^c   Schmid, Karl ^a,b   Sears, Chris M S ^a   Sävert, Alexander ^c   Mikhailova, Julia M ^a   Krausz, Ferenc ^a,b   Kaluza, Malte C ^c,d   Veisz, Laszlo ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d HELMHOLTZ INSTITUTE JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE BEAM BUNCHING; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PLASMA WAVES;

ACCELERATED ELECTRONS; ELECTRON ACCELERATION; LASER-DRIVEN ELECTRONS; REAL TIME OBSERVATION; SINGLE-SHOT MEASUREMENTS; STABILITY AND CONTROL; STATE-OF-THE-ART RADIO-FREQUENCY ACCELERATOR; TIME RESOLVED MEASUREMENT;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 79959975653     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1942     Document Type: Article

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