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

S. Banerjee; S. Kalmykov; N. Powers; V. Ramanathan; N. C.-Smith; K. Brown; S. Chen; A. Moorthi; I. Ghebregziabher; C. Maharjan; B. Shadwick; D. Umstadter; A. Beck; E. Lefebvre; A. Cowan; D. Bruhwiler

Proceedings of the International Quantum Electronics Conference and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim 2011
(Optica Publishing Group, 2011),
paper C1094

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

S. Banerjee, S. Kalmykov, N. Powers, V. Ramanathan, N. C.-Smith, K. Brown, S. Chen, A. Moorthi, I. Ghebregziabher, C. Maharjan, B. Shadwick, D. Umstadter, A. Beck, E. Lefebvre, A. Cowan, and D. Bruhwiler

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim 2011

Sydney Australia
28 August–1 September 2011
ISBN: 978-0-9775657-7-1

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S. Banerjee, S. Kalmykov, N. Powers, V. Ramanathan, N. C.-Smith, K. Brown, S. Chen, A. Moorthi, I. Ghebregziabher, C. Maharjan, B. Shadwick, D. Umstadter, A. Beck, E. Lefebvre, A. Cowan, and D. Bruhwiler, "Background-Free, Quasi-Monoenergetic Electron Beams from a Self-Injected Laser Wakefield Accelerator," in Proceedings of the International Quantum Electronics Conference and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim 2011, (Optica Publishing Group, 2011), paper C1094.

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Abstract

Stable 200–400-MeV quasi-monoenergetic electron bunches (ΔE/E<10%), ~ 10-pC charge, and no dark-current are produced when a self-injected laser plasma accelerator is optimized. PIC simulations demonstrate these beams are produced near the threshold for self-injection.

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