This article first gives the authors' perspectives on how the field of plasma-based
acceleration (PBA) developed and how the current experiments, theory, and simulations are …

We examine a regime in which a linearly polarized laser pulse with relativistic intensity
irradiates a sub-critical plasma for much longer than the characteristic electron response …

We demonstrate laser-plasma acceleration of high charge electron beams to the∼ 10 MeV
scale using ultrashort laser pulses with as little energy as 10 mJ. This result is made …

Laser-plasma accelerators (LPAs) driven by picosecond-scale, kilojoule-class lasers can
generate particle beams and x-ray sources that could be utilized in experiments driven by …

An ultrabroad-band x-ray source, with photon energies from 10 keV to> 1 MeV, based on a
picosecond laser-driven plasma accelerator, is characterized and used to radiograph high …

The concept of a hybrid laser plasma accelerator is proposed. Relativistic electrons
undergoing resonant betatron oscillations inside the plasma bubble created by a laser pulse …

We show the first experimental demonstration that electrons being accelerated in a laser
wakefield accelerator operating in the forced or blowout regimes gain significant energy …

We analytically investigate the acceleration of electrons undergoing betatron oscillations in
an ion channel, driven by a laser beam propagating with superluminal (or luminal) phase …

We study electron acceleration within a sub-critical plasma channel irradiated by an ultra-
intense laser pulse (a 0> 100 or I> 10 22 W cm− 2). In this regime, radiation reaction …

An x-ray source generated by an electron beam produced using a Self-Modulated Laser
Wakefield Accelerator (SM-LWFA) is explored for use in high energy density science …