Nature Communications (May 2021)

Demonstration of a compact plasma accelerator powered by laser-accelerated electron beams

  • T. Kurz,
  • T. Heinemann,
  • M. F. Gilljohann,
  • Y. Y. Chang,
  • J. P. Couperus Cabadağ,
  • A. Debus,
  • O. Kononenko,
  • R. Pausch,
  • S. Schöbel,
  • R. W. Assmann,
  • M. Bussmann,
  • H. Ding,
  • J. Götzfried,
  • A. Köhler,
  • G. Raj,
  • S. Schindler,
  • K. Steiniger,
  • O. Zarini,
  • S. Corde,
  • A. Döpp,
  • B. Hidding,
  • S. Karsch,
  • U. Schramm,
  • A. Martinez de la Ossa,
  • A. Irman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23000-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Particle accelerators based on laser- or electron-driven plasma waves promise compact sources for relativistic electron bunches. Here, Kurz and Heinemann et al. demonstrate a hybrid two-stage configuration, combining the individual features of both accelerating schemes.