OBSERVATION OF LASER WAKEFIELD ACCELERATION OF ELECTRONS

Authors
AMIRANOFF F BATON S BERNARD D CROS B DESCAMPS D DORCHIES F JACQUET F MALKA V MARQUES JR MATTHIEUSSENT G MINE P MODENA A MORA P MORILLO J NAJMUDIN Z
Citation
F. Amiranoff et al., OBSERVATION OF LASER WAKEFIELD ACCELERATION OF ELECTRONS, Physical review letters, 81(5), 1998, pp. 995-998
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
81
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
995 - 998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1998)81:5<995:OOLWAO>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The acceleration of electrons injected in a plasma wave generated by t he laser wakefield mechanism has been observed. A maximum energy gain of 1.6 MeV has been measured and the maximum longitudinal electric fie ld is estimated to 1.5 GV/m. The experimental data agree with theoreti cal predictions when 3D effects are taken into account. The duration o f the plasma wave inferred from the number of accelerated electrons is of the order of 1 ps.