| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1826483 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment | 2010 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We review principles of picosecond CO2 lasers, operating at 10 μm wavelength, and their applications for strong-field physics research. Such laser has been used in a number of BNL experiments that explore advanced methods of particle acceleration and X-ray generation. We illustrate merits of the wavelength scaling from optical to mid-IR region by the examples of ion/proton acceleration and report the first experimental results that confirm the expected wavelength scaling of the process.
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Authors
I.V. Pogorelsky, V. Yakimenko, M. Polyanskiy, P. Shkolnikov, M. Ispiryan, D. Neely, P. McKenna, D. Carroll, Z. Najmudin, L. Willingale,