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Table-top laser-plasma acceleration as an electron radiography source

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2006

S.P.D. MANGLES ,
B.R. WALTON ,
Z. NAJMUDIN ,
A.E. DANGOR ,
K. KRUSHELNICK ,
V. MALKA ,
M. MANCLOSSI ,
N. LOPES ,
C. CARIAS  and
G. MENDES
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S.P.D. MANGLES
Affiliation:
Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, UK
B.R. WALTON
Affiliation:
Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, UK
Z. NAJMUDIN
Affiliation:
Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, UK
A.E. DANGOR
Affiliation:
Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, UK
K. KRUSHELNICK
Affiliation:
Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, UK
V. MALKA
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, École Nationale Supérieure des Techniques Avancées, École Polytecnique, CNRS, Palaiseau, France
M. MANCLOSSI
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, École Nationale Supérieure des Techniques Avancées, École Polytecnique, CNRS, Palaiseau, France
N. LOPES
Affiliation:
GoLP/Centro de Fìsica de Plasmas, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal
C. CARIAS
Affiliation:
GoLP/Centro de Fìsica de Plasmas, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal
G. MENDES
Affiliation:
GoLP/Centro de Fìsica de Plasmas, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal
F. DORCHIES
Affiliation:
CELIA, Université Bordeaux 1, Talence, France
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Abstract

A “table-top” high power laser has been used to generate beams of accelerated electrons up to energy of 20 MeV from interactions with underdense plasmas. The energy spectrum of these beams was measured using a magnetic spectrometer and proof-of-principle experiments were performed to evaluate the suitability of these beams for electron radiography applications.

Keywords

Electron accelerationElectron radiographyLaser-plasma accelerationUltrashort laser-plasma interaction
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , March 2006 , pp. 185 - 190
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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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