Generating Ultrarelativistic Attosecond Electron Bunches with Laser Wakefield Accelerators

Journal Article · Fri Sep 17 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.105.124801· OSTI ID:21466968

Luttikhof, M J. H.; Khachatryan, A G; Goor, F A. van; Boller, K -J ^[1]

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1. Faculty of Science and Technology and MESA Institute, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede (Netherlands)

Femtosecond electron bunches with ultrarelativistic energies were recently generated by laser wakefield accelerators. Here we predict that laser wakefield acceleration can generate even attosecond bunches, due to a strong chirp of the betatron frequency. We show how the bunch duration scales with the acceleration parameters and that, after acceleration, the bunches can propagate over many tens of centimeters without a significant increase in duration.

• OSTI ID: 21466968
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 12; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.124801; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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