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Laser generated 300 keV electron beams from water

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2011

Jens Uhlig ,
Claes-Göran Wahlström ,
Monika Walczak ,
Villy Sundström  and
Wilfred Fullagar
Jens Uhlig*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Claes-Göran Wahlström
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Monika Walczak
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Villy Sundström
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Wilfred Fullagar
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Jens Uhlig, Department of Chemical Physics, Lund University, Lund University, P. O. Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

300 keV electron beams with energy peaked in the range 280–390 keV were generated by focusing a high contrast ratio but temporally double pulsed 800 nm ultrafast laser onto a flowing water jet under both helium atmosphere at ambient pressure and water aspirator vacuum conditions, using laser intensities in the range 1015–1018 Wcm−2. Their characteristics have been investigated as functions of inter-pulse delay, incidence geometry and laser pulse chirp. Shot-to-shot variation of the beams' equatorial and azimuthal distributions was also recorded in real time. Measurements of the emitted charge and energy have been performed. Secondary X-ray emission arising from impingement of the electron beams on the target chamber walls and other parts of the apparatus have been identified. Preliminary results after transition to a high repetition rate laser system have shown similar behavior. Approaches for improvements and applications are suggested.

Keywords

Fast electronsLaser-plasma wakefield accelerationMulti-pulse structurePlasma sourceTable top X-ray source
Type
Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , December 2011 , pp. 415 - 424
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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