Femtosecond x rays from laser-plasma accelerators

S Corde, K Ta Phuoc, G Lambert, R Fitour, V Malka… - Reviews of Modern …, 2013 - APS
Relativistic interaction of short-pulse lasers with underdense plasmas has recently led to the
emergence of a novel generation of femtosecond x-ray sources. Based on radiation from …

Thomson-backscattered x rays from laser-accelerated electrons

H Schwoerer, B Liesfeld, HP Schlenvoigt, KU Amthor… - Physical Review Letters, 2006 - APS
We present the first observation of Thomson-backscattered light from laser-accelerated
electrons. In a compact, all-optical setup, the “photon collider,” a high-intensity laser pulse is …

Thomson backscattering X-rays from ultra-relativistic electron bunches and temporally shaped laser pulses

P Tomassini, A Giulietti, D Giulietti, LA Gizzi - Applied Physics B, 2005 - Springer
The process of Thomson scattering of an ultra-intense laser pulse by a relativistic electron
bunch has been proposed as a way to obtain a bright source of short, tunable and quasi …

Electron self-injection and acceleration driven by a tightly focused intense laser beam in an underdense plasma

H Xu, W Yu, P Lu, VK Senecha, F He, B Shen… - Physics of …, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
A scheme for electron self-injection in the laser wakefield acceleration is proposed. In this
scheme, the transverse wave breaking of the wakefield and the tightly focused geometry of …

Inverse Compton backscattering source driven by the multi-10 TW laser installed at Daresbury

G Priebe, D Laundy, MA Macdonald… - Laser and Particle …, 2008 - cambridge.org
Inverse Compton scattering is a promising method to implement a high brightness, ultra-
short, energy tunable X-ray source at accelerator facilities. We have developed an inverse …

Tuning the electron energy by controlling the density perturbation position in laser plasma accelerators

P Brijesh, C Thaury, KT Phuoc, S Corde… - Physics of …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
A density perturbation in an underdense plasma was used to improve the quality of electron
bunches produced in the laser-plasma wakefield acceleration scheme. Quasi …

Electron acceleration in the inverse free electron laser with a helical wiggler by axial magnetic field and ion-channel guiding

R Khazaeinezhad, M Esmaeilzadeh - Chinese Physics C, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Electron acceleration in the inverse free electron laser (IFEL) with a helical wiggler in the
presence of ion-channel guiding and axial magnetic field is investigated in this article. The …

Laser wake field acceleration with controlled self-injection by sharp density transition

P Tomassini, M Galimberti, A Giulietti… - Laser and Particle …, 2004 - cambridge.org
Laser Wake Field Acceleration of relativistic electron bunches is a promising method to
produce a large amount of energetic particles with table top equipment. One of the possible …

Electron acceleration considering pondermotive force effect in a plasma-filled rectangular waveguide by microwave radiation

A Abdoli-Arani - Waves in Random and Complex Media, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The electron acceleration inside the plasma-filled rectangular waveguide is numerically
investigated for the externally injected single-electron model considering the effects of …

Electron energy gain in the fundamental mode of an elliptical waveguide in the presence of static helical magnet by microwave radiation

A Abdoli-Arani - Waves in Random and Complex Media, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The dynamics and energy gain of an electron in the field of a transverse electric wave
propagating inside an elliptical waveguide is analytically investigated by considering the …