Background-Free, Quasi-Monoenergetic Electron Beams from a Self-Injected Laser Wakefield Accelerator

Authors

Sudeep Banerjee, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Serguei Y. Kalmykov, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Nathan D. Powers, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Viswanathan Ramanathan, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Nathan A. Chandler-Smith, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Kevin J. Brown, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Shuo Chen, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
A. Moorthi, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
I. Ghebregziabher, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
C. Maharjan, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Bradley Allan Shadwick, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Donald Umstadter, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
A. Beck, CEA, DAM, DIF, 91297 Arpajon Cedex, France
E. Lefebvre, CEA, DAM, DIF, 91297 Arpajon Cedex, France
A. Cowan, Tech-X Corporation
D. Bruhwiler, Tech-X Corporation

Date of this Version

2011

Citation

2011 Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM); doi: 10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194137

Comments

Copyright 2011 AOS. Used by permission.

Abstract

Stable 200–400-MeV quasi-monoenergetic electron bunches (ΔE/Eno dark-currentare produced when a self-injected laser plasma accelerator is optimized. PIC simulations demonstrate these beams are produced near the threshold for selfinjection.