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Self-guided wakefield experiments driven by petawatt-class ultrashort laser pulses

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Self-guided wakefield experiments driven by petawatt-class ultrashort laser pulses. / Mangles, Stuart P. D.; Thomas, Alec G. R.; Bellei, Claudio et al.
In: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 36, No. 4, 08.2008, p. 1715-1721.

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Mangles, SPD, Thomas, AGR, Bellei, C, Dangor, AE, Kamperidis, C, Kneip, S, Nagel, SR, Willingale, L & Najmudin, Z 2008, 'Self-guided wakefield experiments driven by petawatt-class ultrashort laser pulses', IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 1715-1721. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2008.2000961

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Mangles, S. P. D., Thomas, A. G. R., Bellei, C., Dangor, A. E., Kamperidis, C., Kneip, S., Nagel, S. R., Willingale, L., & Najmudin, Z. (2008). Self-guided wakefield experiments driven by petawatt-class ultrashort laser pulses. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 36(4), 1715-1721. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2008.2000961

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Mangles SPD, Thomas AGR, Bellei C, Dangor AE, Kamperidis C, Kneip S et al. Self-guided wakefield experiments driven by petawatt-class ultrashort laser pulses. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 2008 Aug;36(4):1715-1721. doi: 10.1109/TPS.2008.2000961

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Mangles, Stuart P. D. ; Thomas, Alec G. R. ; Bellei, Claudio et al. / Self-guided wakefield experiments driven by petawatt-class ultrashort laser pulses. In: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 2008 ; Vol. 36, No. 4. pp. 1715-1721.

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abstract = "We investigate the extension of self-injecting laser wakefield experiments to the regime that will be accessible with the next generation of petawatt-class ultrashort pulse laser systems. Using nonlinear scalings, current experimental trends, and numerical simulations, we determine the optimal laser and target parameters, i.e., focusing geometry, plasma density, and target length, that are required to increase the electron beam energy (to > 1 GeV) without the use of external guiding structures.",
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author = "Mangles, {Stuart P. D.} and Thomas, {Alec G. R.} and Claudio Bellei and Dangor, {A. E.} and Christos Kamperidis and Stefan Kneip and Nagel, {Sabrina R.} and Louise Willingale and Zulfikar Najmudin",
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