On the stability of laser wakefield electron accelerators in the monoenergetic regime Export

@article{citeulike:3203841, abstract = {The effects of plasma density and laser energy on the stability of laser produced monoenergetic electron beams are investigated. Fluctuations in the principal beam parameters, namely, electron energy, energy-spread, charge, and pointing, are demonstrated to be minimized at low densities. This improvement in stability is attributed to the reduced time for pulse evolution required before self-injection occurs; i.e., that the pulse is closest to the matched conditions for these densities. It is also observed that electrons are only consistently produced above a density-dependent energy threshold. These observations are consistent with there being a threshold intensity (a0>\~{}3) required for the occurrence of self-injection after accounting for pulse compression. {\copyright}2007 American Institute of Physics}, author = {Mangles, S. P. D. and Thomas, A. G. R. and Lundh, O. and Lindau, F. and Kaluza, M. C. and Persson, A. and Wahlstr\"{o}m, C. G. and Krushelnick, K. and Najmudin, Z.}, citeulike-article-id = {3203841}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PHPAEN000014000005056702000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aip.org/link/?PHP/14/056702}, journal = {Physics of Plasmas}, keywords = {electron-acceleration, laser-wakefield-accleration}, number = {5}, posted-at = {2008-09-08 03:15:37}, priority = {3}, publisher = {AIP}, title = {On the stability of laser wakefield electron accelerators in the monoenergetic regime}, url = {http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PHPAEN000014000005056702000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes}, volume = {14}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3203841 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3203841 N2 - The effects of plasma density and laser energy on the stability of laser produced monoenergetic electron beams are investigated. Fluctuations in the principal beam parameters, namely, electron energy, energy-spread, charge, and pointing, are demonstrated to be minimized at low densities. This improvement in stability is attributed to the reduced time for pulse evolution required before self-injection occurs; i.e., that the pulse is closest to the matched conditions for these densities. It is also observed that electrons are only consistently produced above a density-dependent energy threshold. These observations are consistent with there being a threshold intensity (a0>~3) required for the occurrence of self-injection after accounting for pulse compression. ©2007 American Institute of Physics IS - 5 JF - Physics of Plasmas TI - On the stability of laser wakefield electron accelerators in the monoenergetic regime PB - AIP VL - 14 KW - electron-acceleration KW - laser-wakefield-accleration AU - Mangles, SPD AU - Thomas, AGR AU - Lundh, O AU - Lindau, F AU - Kaluza, MC AU - Persson, A AU - Wahlström, CG AU - Krushelnick, K AU - Najmudin, Z PY - 2007/// UR - http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PHPAEN000014000005056702000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes ER -