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Effect of laser contrast ratio on electron beam stability in laser wakefield acceleration experiments

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Effect of laser contrast ratio on electron beam stability in laser wakefield acceleration experiments. / Mangles, Stuart P. D.; Thomas, Alexander George Roy; Kaluza, M. C. et al.
In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Vol. 48, No. 12B, B83, 12.2006.

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Mangles, SPD, Thomas, AGR, Kaluza, MC, Lundh, O, Lindau, F, Persson, A, Najmudin, Z, Wahlstrom, C-G, Murphy, CD, Kamperidis, C, Lancaster, KL, Divall, EJ & Krushelnick, K 2006, 'Effect of laser contrast ratio on electron beam stability in laser wakefield acceleration experiments', Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, vol. 48, no. 12B, B83. https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/48/12B/S08

APA

Mangles, S. P. D., Thomas, A. G. R., Kaluza, M. C., Lundh, O., Lindau, F., Persson, A., Najmudin, Z., Wahlstrom, C-G., Murphy, C. D., Kamperidis, C., Lancaster, K. L., Divall, E. J., & Krushelnick, K. (2006). Effect of laser contrast ratio on electron beam stability in laser wakefield acceleration experiments. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 48(12B), Article B83. https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/48/12B/S08

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Mangles SPD, Thomas AGR, Kaluza MC, Lundh O, Lindau F, Persson A et al. Effect of laser contrast ratio on electron beam stability in laser wakefield acceleration experiments. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2006 Dec;48(12B):B83. Epub 2006 Nov 8. doi: 10.1088/0741-3335/48/12B/S08

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Mangles, Stuart P. D. ; Thomas, Alexander George Roy ; Kaluza, M. C. et al. / Effect of laser contrast ratio on electron beam stability in laser wakefield acceleration experiments. In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2006 ; Vol. 48, No. 12B.

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title = "Effect of laser contrast ratio on electron beam stability in laser wakefield acceleration experiments",
abstract = "Laser wakefield accelerators offer the possibility of compact electron acceleration. However one of the key outstanding issues with the results reported to date is the electron beam stability. Experiments on two laser systems reveal that the contrast ratio between the ASE pedestal and main pulse is an important factor in determining the quality of the electron beam. With a high contrast ratio (108) the electron beam profile is a well collimated single beam having a low pointing instability (<10 mrad rms). With a lower contrast (106) the beam profile contains multiple beamlets which exhibit a large pointing instability (sime50 mrad rms). A high contrast ratio not only improves the beam pointing stability (sime6 mrad) but also stabilizes the electron beam energy reproducibility (5%).",
author = "Mangles, {Stuart P. D.} and Thomas, {Alexander George Roy} and Kaluza, {M. C.} and Olle Lundh and Filip Lindau and A. Persson and Zulfikar Najmudin and C.-G. Wahlstrom and Murphy, {C. D.} and Christos Kamperidis and Lancaster, {Katherine L.} and Divall, {E. J.} and Karl Krushelnick",
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RIS

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AU - Mangles, Stuart P. D.

AU - Thomas, Alexander George Roy

AU - Kaluza, M. C.

AU - Lundh, Olle

AU - Lindau, Filip

AU - Persson, A.

AU - Najmudin, Zulfikar

AU - Wahlstrom, C.-G.

AU - Murphy, C. D.

AU - Kamperidis, Christos

AU - Lancaster, Katherine L.

AU - Divall, E. J.

AU - Krushelnick, Karl

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AB - Laser wakefield accelerators offer the possibility of compact electron acceleration. However one of the key outstanding issues with the results reported to date is the electron beam stability. Experiments on two laser systems reveal that the contrast ratio between the ASE pedestal and main pulse is an important factor in determining the quality of the electron beam. With a high contrast ratio (108) the electron beam profile is a well collimated single beam having a low pointing instability (<10 mrad rms). With a lower contrast (106) the beam profile contains multiple beamlets which exhibit a large pointing instability (sime50 mrad rms). A high contrast ratio not only improves the beam pointing stability (sime6 mrad) but also stabilizes the electron beam energy reproducibility (5%).

U2 - 10.1088/0741-3335/48/12B/S08

DO - 10.1088/0741-3335/48/12B/S08

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JO - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

JF - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

SN - 0741-3335

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