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The effect of laser focusing conditions in laser wakefield acceleration experiments

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  • Alexander George Roy Thomas
  • Stuart P. D. Mangles
  • Zulfikar Najmudin
  • C. D. Murphy
  • Aboobaker E. Dangor
  • W. Rozmus
  • Karl Krushelnick
  • P. S. Foster
  • Peter A. Norreys
  • J. G. Gallacher
  • D. A. Jaroszynski
  • Warren B. Mori
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Publication date21/06/2006
Host publicationConference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006
PublisherIEEE
ISBN (electronic)9781557528131
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Publication series

NameConference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006
PublisherIEEE
ISSN (electronic)2160-9004

Abstract

The effect of focusing conditions in laser wakefield acceleration is studied. Short focal length geometries produce large dark currents while longer focal lengths produce narrow energy spread beams.