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  1. Article

    Bright spatially coherent synchrotron X-rays from a table-top source

    S. Kneip, C. McGuffey, J. L. Martins, S. F. Martins, C. Bellei in Nature Physics (2011)

  2. Article

    Bright spatially coherent synchrotron X-rays from a table-top source

    Betratron oscillations of electrons driven through a plasma by a high-intensity laser generate coherent X-rays. A new study demonstrates the intensity of these X-rays can be as bright as that generated by conv...

    S. Kneip, C. McGuffey, J. L. Martins, S. F. Martins, C. Bellei in Nature Physics (2010)

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    Energy scaling of quasi-monoenergetic electron beams from laser wakefields driven by 40-TW ultra-short pulses

    By focusing 40-TW, 30-fs laser pulses to the peak intensity of 1019 W/cm2 onto a supersonic He gas jet, we generate quasi-monoenergetic electron beams for plasma density in the specific range 1.5×1019 cm-3≤ne≤3.5...

    A. Maksimchuk, S. Reed, N. Naumova, V. Chvykov, B. Hou in Applied Physics B (2007)

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    Holographic Snapshots of Laser Wakefields

    We report the first single-shot measurements of transverse and longitudinal structure of laser-generated wakefields. Real-time, non-averaged measurements of resonant wakes reveal detailed temporal and spatial ...

    N. H. Matlis, S. Reed, S. S. Bulanov, V. Chvykov, G. Kalintchenko in Ultrafast Phenomena XV (2007)

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    Snapshots of laser wakefields

    Tabletop plasma accelerators can now produce GeV-range electron beams1,2,3,4,5 and femtosecond X-ray pulses6, providing compact radiation sources for medicine, nuclear engineering, materials science and high-ener...

    N. H. Matlis, S. Reed, S. S. Bulanov, V. Chvykov, G. Kalintchenko in Nature Physics (2006)

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    Characterization of focal field formed by a large numerical aperture paraboloidal mirror and generation of ultra-high intensity (1022 W/cm2)

    S.-W. Bahk, P. Rousseau, T. A. Planchon, V. Chvykov, G. Kalintchenko in Applied Physics B (2005)

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    Characterization of focal field formed by a large numerical aperture paraboloidal mirror and generation of ultra-high intensity (1022 W/cm2)

    We describe a method to measure the aberrations of a high numerical aperture off-axis paraboloid and correct for the aberrations using adaptive optics. It is then shown that the characterized aberrations can b...

    S.-W. Bahk, P. Rousseau, T. A. Planchon, V. Chvykov, G. Kalintchenko in Applied Physics B (2005)

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    Generation, Amplitude and Phase Characterization of 1021W/cm2 Intensity

    The problem of intensity measurement at high-field regime is examined. We propose a method based on wave-front measurement that can evaluate ultra-high power density at the focus and compensate for the aberrat...

    S.-W. Bahk, V. Chvykov, G. Kalintchenko, A. Maksimchuk, G. A. Mourou in Ultrafast Optics IV (2004)