TY - GEN
T1 - Complete characterization of laser wakefield acceleration
AU - Veisz, Laszlo
AU - Buck, Alexander
AU - Nicolai, Maria
AU - Schmid, Karl
AU - Sears, Chris M.S.
AU - Sävert, Alexander
AU - Mikhailova, Julia M.
AU - Krausz, Ferenc
AU - Kaluza, Malte C.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - We report on measurement techniques of the charge, spectrum, divergence, transverse emittance and the first real-time observation of the accelerated electron pulse and the accelerating plasma wave. Our time-resolved study allows a single-shot measurement of the electron bunch duration providing a value of 5.8 +1.9 -2.1 fs full-width at half maximum (2.5+0.8 -0.9 fs root mean square) as well as the plasma wave with a density-dependent period of 12-22 fs. It reveals the evolution of the bunch, its position in the surrounding plasma wave and the wake dynamics. The results afford promise for brilliant, sub-angstrom-wavelength ultrafast electron and photon sources for diffraction imaging with atomic resolution in space and time.
AB - We report on measurement techniques of the charge, spectrum, divergence, transverse emittance and the first real-time observation of the accelerated electron pulse and the accelerating plasma wave. Our time-resolved study allows a single-shot measurement of the electron bunch duration providing a value of 5.8 +1.9 -2.1 fs full-width at half maximum (2.5+0.8 -0.9 fs root mean square) as well as the plasma wave with a density-dependent period of 12-22 fs. It reveals the evolution of the bunch, its position in the surrounding plasma wave and the wake dynamics. The results afford promise for brilliant, sub-angstrom-wavelength ultrafast electron and photon sources for diffraction imaging with atomic resolution in space and time.
KW - Electron acceleration
KW - Electron bunch duration
KW - Emittance
KW - Few-cycle laser system
KW - Laser wakefield acceleration
KW - Laser-plasma interaction
KW - Plasmas
KW - Ultrahigh-intensity laser
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79960094600&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=79960094600&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1117/12.890952
DO - 10.1117/12.890952
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79960094600
SN - 9780819486691
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Laser Acceleration of Electrons, Protons, and Ions; and Medical Applications of Laser-Generated Secondary Sources of Radiation and Particles
T2 - Laser Acceleration of Electrons, Protons, and Ions; and Medical Applications of Laser-Generated Secondary Sources of Radiation and Particles
Y2 - 18 April 2011 through 20 April 2011
ER -