Nature Communications (Jun 2016)
High-field plasma acceleration in a high-ionization-potential gas
- S. Corde,
- E. Adli,
- J. M. Allen,
- W. An,
- C. I. Clarke,
- B. Clausse,
- C. E. Clayton,
- J. P. Delahaye,
- J. Frederico,
- S. Gessner,
- S. Z. Green,
- M. J. Hogan,
- C. Joshi,
- M. Litos,
- W. Lu,
- K. A. Marsh,
- W. B. Mori,
- N. Vafaei-Najafabadi,
- D. Walz,
- V. Yakimenko
Affiliations
- S. Corde
- LOA, ENSTA ParisTech, CNRS, École Polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay
- E. Adli
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo
- J. M. Allen
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- W. An
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California Los Angeles
- C. I. Clarke
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- B. Clausse
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- C. E. Clayton
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California Los Angeles
- J. P. Delahaye
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- J. Frederico
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- S. Gessner
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- S. Z. Green
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- M. J. Hogan
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- C. Joshi
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California Los Angeles
- M. Litos
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- W. Lu
- Department of Engineering Physics, IFSA Collaborative Innovation Center, Tsinghua University
- K. A. Marsh
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California Los Angeles
- W. B. Mori
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California Los Angeles
- N. Vafaei-Najafabadi
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California Los Angeles
- D. Walz
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- V. Yakimenko
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11898
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 6
Abstract
Plasma accelerators driven by particle beams are a promising technology, but the acceleration distance and energy gain are strongly limited by head erosion in a high-ionization-potential gas. Here the authors observe up to 130% energy boost in a self-focused electron beam, with limited head erosion.
