Plasma-driven ultrashort bunch diagnostics

Ultrashort electron bunches are crucial for an increasing number of applications, however, diagnosing their longitudinal phase space remains a challenge. We propose a new method that harnesses the strong electric fields present in a laser driven plasma wakefield. By transversely displacing driver la...

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Main Authors: I. Dornmair, C. B. Schroeder, K. Floettmann, B. Marchetti, A. R. Maier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2016-06-01
Series:Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.19.062801