Published July 8, 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

Monoenergetic collimated nano-Coulomb electron beams driven by crossed laser beams

  • 1. Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800 (China)
  • 2. Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871 (Japan)
  • 3. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 85748 Garching (Germany)
  • 4. Institute for Fusion Theory and Simulation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027 (China)

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Monoenergetic collimated electron acceleration by two crossed laser beams is investigated through an analytical model and particle-in-cell simulations. Electron bunches with a total charge of order nano-Coulombs are accelerated by the axial electric field formed by the crossed laser beams to nearly 760 MeV with an energy spread of 2.7%. The transverse components of both electric and magnetic fields vanish along the axis, making the electron beam highly collimated. This acceleration scheme appears promising in producing high quality electron beams

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Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
103
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 024105-024105.5
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB

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