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

Document Type

Article

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.