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 …

Advanced manufacturing technologies, led by additive manufacturing, have undergone
significant growth in recent years. These technologies enable engineers to design parts with …

Brilliant X-and γ-ray sources with ultrashort duration are widely pursued in fundamental
science, industry and medicine. Compact femtosecond X-ray sources based on relativistic …

Abstract The Horizon 2020 Project EuPRAXIA (" European Plasma Research Accelerator
with eXcellence In Applications") is preparing a conceptual design report of a highly …

The recent advancement of high-intensity lasers has made all-optical Compton scattering
become a promising way to produce ultrashort brilliant γ-rays in an ultra-compact system …

We reconstruct spectra of secondary X-rays from a tunable 250–350 MeV laser wakefield
electron accelerator from single-shot X-ray depth-energy measurements in a compact (7.5× …

Electron acceleration has been optimized based on 3D particle-in-cell simulations of a short
laser pulse interacting with low-density plasma targets to find the pulse propagation regime …

In more than four decades, particle acceleration by plasma wakefield has demonstrated its
feasibility and efficiency. This acceleration technique is now starting to be planned for …

Bremsstrahlung emission from interactions of short ultra-intense laser pulses with solid foils
is studied using particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. A module for simulating bremsstrahlung …

A high power laser was used to accelerate electrons in a laser-driven wakefield accelerator.
The high energy electrons were then used to generate an x-ray beam by passing them …