Communications Physics (Sep 2021)

Monitoring the size of low-intensity beams at plasma-wakefield accelerators using high-resolution interferometry

  • Ji-Gwang Hwang,
  • Katharina Albrecht,
  • Arne Hoehl,
  • Beñat Alberdi Esuain,
  • Thorsten Kamps

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00717-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Before laser-driven accelerators can reach broad application, their performance must be ensured by robust characterization. Here, an interferometric method allowing high-resolution measurement of the beam size is demonstrated.