MeV electron acceleration at 1 kHz with <10 mJ laser pulses

F. Salehi; A. J. Goers; G. A. Hine; L. Feder; D. Kuk; B. Miao; D. Woodbury; K. Y. Kim; H. M. Milchberg

doi:10.1364/OL.42.000215

MeV electron acceleration at 1 kHz with <10 mJ laser pulses

F. Salehi, A. J. Goers, G. A. Hine, L. Feder, D. Kuk, B. Miao, D. Woodbury, K. Y. Kim, H. M. Milchberg

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We demonstrate laser-driven acceleration of electrons to MeV-scale energies at 1 kHz repetition rate using <10 mJ pulses focused on near-critical density He and H₂ gas jets. Using the H₂ gas jet, electron acceleration to ∼0.5 MeV in ∼10 fC bunches was observed with laser pulse energy as low as 1.3 mJ. Increasing the pulse energy to 10 mJ, we measure ∼1 pC charge bunches with >1 MeV energy for both He and H₂ gas jets.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	215-218
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	42
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.42.000215
State	Published - Jan 15 2017
Externally published	Yes

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MeV electron acceleration at 1 kHz with <10 mJ laser pulses

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