Background-free, quasi-monoenergetic electron beams from a self-injected laser wakefield accelerator

S. Banerjee; S. Kalmykov; N. Powers; V. Ramanathan; N. C. Smith; K. Brown; S. Chen; A. Moorthi; I. Ghebregziabher; C. Maharjan; B. Shadwick; D. Umstadter; A. Beck; E. Lefebvre; A. Cowan; D. Bruhwiler

Background-free, quasi-monoenergetic electron beams from a self-injected laser wakefield accelerator

S. Banerjee, S. Kalmykov, N. Powers, V. Ramanathan, N. C. Smith, K. Brown, S. Chen, A. Moorthi, I. Ghebregziabher, C. Maharjan, B. Shadwick, D. Umstadter, A. Beck, E. Lefebvre, A. Cowan, D. Bruhwiler

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Abstract

Stable 200-400-MeV quasi-monoenergetic electron bunches (δE/E<10%), ~ 10-pC charge, and no dark-current are produced when a self-injected laser plasma accelerator is optimized. PIC simulations demonstrate these beams are produced near the threshold for selfinjection.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim, CLEOPR 2011
Pages	872-874
Number of pages	3
State	Published - 2011
Event	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim, CLEOPR 2011 - Sydney, Australia Duration: Aug 28 2011 → Sep 1 2011

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Name	Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
ISSN (Electronic)	2162-2701

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Other	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim, CLEOPR 2011
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Sydney
Period	8/28/11 → 9/1/11

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Instrumentation
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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Banerjee, S., Kalmykov, S., Powers, N., Ramanathan, V., Smith, N. C., Brown, K., Chen, S., Moorthi, A., Ghebregziabher, I., Maharjan, C., Shadwick, B., Umstadter, D., Beck, A., Lefebvre, E., Cowan, A., & Bruhwiler, D. (2011). Background-free, quasi-monoenergetic electron beams from a self-injected laser wakefield accelerator. In Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim, CLEOPR 2011 (pp. 872-874). (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers).

Banerjee, S, Kalmykov, S, Powers, N, Ramanathan, V, Smith, NC, Brown, K, Chen, S, Moorthi, A, Ghebregziabher, I, Maharjan, C, Shadwick, B, Umstadter, D, Beck, A, Lefebvre, E, Cowan, A & Bruhwiler, D 2011, Background-free, quasi-monoenergetic electron beams from a self-injected laser wakefield accelerator. in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim, CLEOPR 2011. Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, pp. 872-874, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim, CLEOPR 2011, Sydney, Australia, 8/28/11.

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