Laser-driven plasma-based accelerators, which are capable of supporting fields in excess of
100 GV∕ m, are reviewed. This includes the laser wakefield accelerator, the plasma beat …

Intense ultrashort light pulses comprising merely a few wave cycles became routinely
available by the turn of the millennium. The technologies underlying their production and …

The use of infrared lasers to power optical-scale lithographically fabricated particle
accelerators is a developing area of research that has garnered increasing interest in recent …

Coherent radiation in the 0.3–3 THz range has been generated from femtosecond electron
bunches at a plasma-vacuum boundary via transition radiation. The bunches produced by a …

Recent advances in laser technology have pushed the frontier of maximum intensity
achieved to about 1022W/cm2 and investigators currently believe even higher intensities …

The fundamental coherent radiation emission processes from a bunched charged particles
beam are outlined. In contrast to spontaneous emission of radiation from a random electron …

Accelerator-based light sources such as storage rings and free-electron lasers use
relativistic electron beams to produce intense radiation over a wide spectral range for …

Studies of charged-particle acceleration processes remain one of the most important areas
of research in laboratory, space and astrophysical plasmas. In this paper, we present the …

The main theme of this book is the interaction of electrons with electromagnetic waves in the
presence of periodic and quasi-periodic structures in vacuum, in view of applications in the …

We report the observation of a strong wakefield induced energy modulation in an energy-
chirped electron bunch passing through a dielectric-lined waveguide. This modulation can …