Published January 8, 2016 | Version v1
Report

Observation of 690 MV m-1 Electron Accelerating Gradient with a Laser-Driven Dielectric Microstructure

  • 1. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  • 2. Tech-X Corp., Boulder, CO (United States)
  • 3. Technion-Israel Inst. of Tech., Haifa (Israel)
  • 4. Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

Description

Acceleration of electrons using laser-driven dielectric microstructures is a promising technology for the miniaturization of particle accelerators. In this work, experimental results are presented of relativistic electron acceleration with 690±100 MVm-1 gradient. This is a record-high accelerating gradient for a dielectric microstructure accelerator, nearly doubling the previous record gradient. To reach higher acceleration gradients the present experiment employs 90 fs duration laser pulses.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://www.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-wrap/getdoc/slac-pub-16442.pdf; PURL: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1234198/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
5 p.
Report number
SLAC-PUB--16442

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
47040111
Subject category
S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ACCELERATION; ACCELERATORS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; LASERS; MICROELECTRONICS; MINIATURIZATION; PULSES; RELATIVISTIC RANGE
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; MATERIALS

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
AC02-76SF00515
Funding organization
USDOE Office of Science, High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25), NSF (United States)
Secondary number(s)
OSTIID--1234198