The field of laser-matter interaction traditionally deals with the response of atoms, molecules,
and plasmas to an external light wave. However, the recent sustained technological …

For many years, laser-driven ion acceleration, mainly proton acceleration, has been
proposed and a number of proof-of-principle experiments have been carried out with lasers …

The cost, size and availability of electron accelerators are dominated by the achievable
accelerating gradient. Conventional high-brightness radio-frequency accelerating structures …

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 …

Laser-wakefield accelerators (LWFAs) were proposed more than three decades ago, and
while they promise to deliver compact, high energy particle accelerators, they will also …

Abstract In high-intensity (> 10 21 W cm− 2) laser–matter interactions gamma-ray photon
emission by the electrons can strongly affect the electronʼs dynamics and copious numbers …

Laser-wakefield acceleration offers the promise of a compact electron accelerator for
generating a multi-GeV electron beam using the huge field gradient induced by an intense …

Particle accelerators driven by the interaction of ultraintense and ultrashort laser pulses with
a plasma can generate accelerating electric fields of several hundred gigavolts per metre …

The concepts of matched-beam, self-guided laser propagation and ionization-induced
injection have been combined to accelerate electrons up to 1.45 GeV energy in a laser …

Synchrotrons and free-electron lasers are the most powerful sources of X-ray radiation. They
constitute invaluable tools for a broad range of research; however, their dependence on …