High-charge relativistic electron bunches from a kHz laser-plasma accelerator
Accelerator Physics
2018-02-14 v1
Abstract
We report on electron wakefield acceleration in the resonant bubble regime with few-millijoule near-single-cycle laser pulses at a kilohertz repetition rate. Using very tight focusing of the laser pulse in conjunction with microscale supersonic gas jets, we demonstrate a stable relativistic electron source with a high charge per pulse up to 24 pC/shot. The corresponding average current is 24 nA, making this kilohertz electron source useful for various applications.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1711.06519,
title = {High-charge relativistic electron bunches from a kHz laser-plasma accelerator},
author = {Dominykas Gustas and Diego Guénot and Aline Vernier and Shankar Dutt and Frederik Böhle and Rodrigo Lopez-Martens and Agustin Lifschitz and Jérôme Faure},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.06519},
year = {2018}
}