Developments in laser-driven plasma accelerators
By S. Hooker. Nature Photonics, 2013
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Laser-driven plasma accelerators provide acceleration gradients that are three orders of magnitude greater than those generated by conventional accelerators, offering the potential to shrink the length of accelerators by the same factor. To date, laser acceleration of electron beams to produce particle energies comparable to those offered by synchrotron light sources has been demonstrated with plasma acceleration stages that are only a few centimetres long. This Review describes the operation principles of laser-driven plasma accelerators, and gives an overview of their development from their proposal in 1979 to recent demonstrations. Potential applications of plasma accelerators are described, and the challenges that must be overcome before they can become practical tools are discussed. Laser-driven plasma accelerators have the potential to replace existing particle accelerators, as they are highly efficient systems that are orders of magnitude smaller than conventional particle accelerators. This review discusses recent progress and future challenges in this area.
Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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- Diagnostics for plasma-based electron accelerators (2018, background): “We refer the reader to (Esarey et al., 2009; Hooker, 2013; Leemans and Esarey, 2009; Malka, 2012; Malka et al., 2008; Norreys, 2009) for reviews of the physics and applications of laser -driven plasma-based electron accelerators, and to (Caldwell et al., 2016; Hogan et al., 2010; Muggli, 2016;…”