Electron beam concentration enhanced by a laser-produced plasma
- 15 October 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 23 (8), 423-425
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1654944
Abstract
A new technique has been developed for the production of tightly focused intense relativistic electron beams. A collimated plume of laser blowoff plasma is injected on axis into the anode‐cathode gap region of a low‐impedance diode prior to the beam pulse. The electron beam is found to pinch in the diode to current densities ≥ 2 MA/cm2.Keywords
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