Conventional Accelerators and Laser Accelerators

Near Field " Laser Accelerators

One particular laser accelerator is discussed in detail: the Template Laser (LT) Accelerator. According to one design, it employs mirrors placed periodically along the particle trajectory. According to another design, the mirrors are omitted, and additional electromagnetic fields are employed instead. The former design is a near field accelerator, but the latter is not. It is shown that contrar...

Laser Plasma Accelerators

Particle acceleration by relativistic electron plasma waves generated by intense lasers has been demonstrated in a number of experiments by various mechanisms. Accelerating fields as high as 1 GeV=cm, with electrons accelerated to about 100MeV in millimetre distances have been achieved. These fields produced by intense lasers in plasmas are the largest ever produced in laboratory experiments. T...

Laser Applications at Accelerators*

The LANET consortium has developed advanced laser applications for particle accelerators within an international research and training network. It brought together research centers, universities, and industry partners to carry out collaborative research into all the above areas and jointly train the next generation of researchers. This paper presents selected research highlights from the LANET ...

Review of Laser Wakefield Accelerators

This review article highlights the recent evolution of research on laser wakefield accelerators, which has, in record time, led to the production of high quality electron beams beyond the GeV level, using compact laser systems. As shown here, the most significant breakthroughs allow to produce stable, high peak current and high quality electron beams, with a fine control of the charge, of the r...

Longitudinal Laser Shaping in Laser Wakefield Accelerators