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Betatron oscillations of electrons accelerated in laser wakefields characterized by spectral x-ray analysis
Félicie Albert1, Rahul Shah, Kim Ta Phuoc
1Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA, CNRS UMR7639, Ecole Polytechnique, Chemin de la Hunière, 91761 Palaiseau, France.
Abstract:
Relativistic electrons accelerated by laser wakefields can produce x-ray beams from their motion in plasma termed betatron oscillations. Detailed spectral characterization is presented in which the amplitude of the betatron oscillations r is studied by numerical analysis of electron and x-ray spectra measured simultaneously. We find that r reaches as low as 1 mum in agreement with previous studies of radiation based on coherence and far-field spatial profile.
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