Tunable laser plasma accelerator based on longitudinal density tailoring

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 862-866

  Gonsalves, A J ^a   Nakamura, K ^a   Lin, C ^a,b   Panasenko, D ^a,e   Shiraishi, S ^a,c   Sokollik, T ^a,d   Benedetti, C ^a   Schroeder, C B ^a   Geddes, C G R ^a   Van Tilborg, J ^a   Osterhoff, J ^a,e,f   Esarey, E ^a   Toth, C ^a   Leemans, W P ^a,d  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 80555123036     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2071     Document Type: Article

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