摘要
Few-fs electron bunches from laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA) can efficiently drive plasma wakefields (PWFs), as shown by their propagation through underdense plasma in two experiments. A strong and density-insensitive deceleration of the bunches has been observed in 2 mm of 1018 cm-3 density plasma with 5.1 GV/m average gradient, which is attributed to a self-driven PWF. This observation implies that the physics of PWFs, usually relying on large-scale rf accelerators as drivers, can be studied by tabletop LWFA electron sources.
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文章編號 | 144801 |
期刊 | Physical Review Letters |
卷 | 117 |
發行號 | 14 |
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出版狀態 | 已出版 - 27 9月 2016 |