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most citedUltrafast Imaging of Laser Driven Shock Waves using Betatron X-rays from a Laser Wakefield Accelerator

68 citations · 238 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

physics.plasm-ph2026

Microcoulomb-level electron beam and multi-Joule hard X-rays driven by a high-efficiency laser-plasma accelerator

B. Mahieu, L. Ribotte, W. Cayzac +38

We report on the production of ultrahigh-charge relativistic electron beams and the development of a laser-wakefield acceleration platform at the LMJ facility. Making use of the ki…

physics.acc-ph2022★ 5 cited

Report of Snowmass 21 Accelerator Frontier Topical Group 6 on Advanced Accelerators

C. Geddes, M. Hogan, P. Musumeci +1

The Snowmass 2021 Accelerator Frontier topical group \# 6 on Advanced Accelerator Concepts, covers new R\&D concepts for particle acceleration, generation, and focusing. Based on c…

physics.acc-ph2022

Snowmass 2021 Accelerator Frontier White Paper: Near Term Applications driven by Advanced Accelerator Concepts

Claudio Emma, Jeroen van Tilborg, Félicie Albert +8

While the long-term vision of the advanced accelerator community is aimed at addressing the challenges of future collider technology, it is critical that the community takes advant…

physics.acc-ph2022

Linear colliders based on laser-plasma accelerators

C. Benedetti, S. S. Bulanov, E. Esarey +40

White paper to the Proceedings of the U.S. Particle Physics Community Planning Exercise (Snowmass 2021): Linear colliders based on laser-plasma accelerators

physics.plasm-ph2020★ 24 cited

Predominant Contribution of Direct Laser Acceleration to High-Energy Electron Spectra in a Low-Density Self-Modulated Laser Wakefield Accelerator

P. M. King, K. Miller, N. Lemos +12

The two-temperature relativistic electron spectrum from a low-density (~cm) self-modulated laser wakefield accelerator (SM-LWFA) is observed to transition be…

physics.plasm-ph2020★ 5 cited

Characterisation of Laser Wakefield Acceleration Efficiency with Octave Spanning Near-IR Spectrum Measurements

M. J. V. Streeter, Y. Ma, B. Kettle +25

We report on experimental measurements of energy transfer efficiencies in a GeV-class laser wakefield accelerator. Both the transfer of energy from the laser to the plasma wakefiel…

physics.plasm-ph2019★ 47 cited

Single-shot multi-keV X-ray absorption spectroscopy using an ultrashort laser wakefield accelerator source

B. Kettle, E. Gerstmayr, M. J. V. Streeter +19

Single-shot absorption measurements have been performed using the multi-keV X-rays generated by a laser wakefield accelerator. A 200 TW laser was used to drive a laser wakefield ac…

physics.plasm-ph2019

Laser-Plasma Interactions Enabled by Emerging Technologies

J. P. Palastro, F. Albert, B. Albright +51

An overview from the past and an outlook for the future of fundamental laser-plasma interactions research enabled by emerging laser systems.

physics.plasm-ph2018★ 45 cited

Collisionless shock acceleration of narrow energy spread ion beams from mixed species plasmas using 1 m lasers

A. Pak, S. Kerr, N. Lemos +15

Collisionless shock acceleration of protons and C ions has been achieved by the interaction of a 10 W/cm, 1 m laser with a near-critical density plasma. Ablati…

physics.plasm-ph2018★ 68 cited

Ultrafast Imaging of Laser Driven Shock Waves using Betatron X-rays from a Laser Wakefield Accelerator

J. C. Wood, D. J. Chapman, K. Poder +21

Betatron radiation from laser wakefield accelerators is an ultrashort pulsed source of hard, synchrotron-like x-ray radiation. It emanates from a centimetre scale plasma accelerato…

physics.plasm-ph2015★ 44 cited

Self-modulated laser wakefield accelerators as x-ray sources

N. Lemos, J. L. Martins, F. S. Tsung +5

The development of a directional, small-divergence, and short-duration picosecond x-ray probe beam with an energy greater than 50 keV is desirable for high energy density science e…