Laser-Plasma-Accelerator

CLIENT

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

RESEARCH FIELD

TYPE

Illustration

YEAR

2021

LINK

DESCRIPTION

In laser-plasma acceleration, a strong laser pulse (red) generates a plasma wave (blue) in hydrogen gas by stripping electrons from gas molecules. The electrons (red) ride the wave like a surfer in the wake of a boat. This pushes them to high energies extremely quick. The LUX facility has now continuously delivered more than 100 000 of these particle bunches in around 30 hours.

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