Experimental approach to laser-driven monochromatic electron accelerators

Igor V. Pogorelsky; Wayne D. Kimura; David C. Quimby; Nikolai E. Andreev; Sergei V. Kuznetsov

doi:10.1117/12.341463

5 March 1999 Experimental approach to laser-driven monochromatic electron accelerators

Igor V. Pogorelsky, Wayne D. Kimura, David C. Quimby, Nikolai E. Andreev, Sergei V. Kuznetsov

Proceedings Volume 3735, ICONO '98: Ultrafast Phenomena and Interaction of Superstrong Laser Fields with Matter: Nonlinear Optics and High-Field Physics; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.341463
Event: ICONO '98: Laser Spectroscopy and Optical Diagnostics: Novel Trends and Applications in Laser Chemistry, Biophysics, and Biomedicine, 1998, Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract

Practical meaningful mono-energetic laser accelerator requires the electron bunch to be within a small proportion of the period of the accelerating field. By two laser accelerator schemes, we exemplify how the emerging picosecond terawatt (ps-TW) CO₂ laser technology helps to satisfy this requirement. These include: a staged electron laser accelerator (STELLA) experiment, which is being conducted at the Brookhaven Accelerator Test Facility (ATF), and a prospective laser wakefield accelerator (LWFA), where ps-TW CO₂ laser may offer noticeable advantages over more conventional T³ solid-state lasers.

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Igor V. Pogorelsky, Wayne D. Kimura, David C. Quimby, Nikolai E. Andreev, and Sergei V. Kuznetsov "Experimental approach to laser-driven monochromatic electron accelerators", Proc. SPIE 3735, ICONO '98: Ultrafast Phenomena and Interaction of Superstrong Laser Fields with Matter: Nonlinear Optics and High-Field Physics, (5 March 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.341463

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