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Plasma Optics Improving Plasma Accelerators

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Journal Light Sci Appl
Publisher Springer Nature
Date 2022 Jul 29
PMID 35906214
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Abstract

Plasma accelerators driven by high-power lasers can provide high-energy electron beams on a dramatically smaller scale than conventional radio-frequency accelerators. However, the performance of these accelerators is fundamentally limited by the diffraction of the laser. Laser-generated plasma waveguides can mitigate this problem and, combined with a controlled injection method for electrons, highlight the potential of novel laser-plasma optics.

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