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Development of Laser and Laser Plasma Acceleration Technologies in ImPACT
2019 Volume 16 Issue 3 Pages 146-148
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2019 Volume 16 Issue 3 Pages 146-148
Basic technologies to miniaturize electron accelerators by means of laser plasma acceleration has been developed until JFY2018 under the ImPACT program supported by the cabinet office of the Japanese government. A dedicated experimental platform with sub-petawatt multi-beam laser system was built in RIKEN SPring-8 Center and staging acceleration of electrons was confirmed. Synchrotron radiation was generated with a short period undulator and a conventional electron accelerator. Miniaturization of high-power solid-state pulse lasers has been promoted as well. These developments could contribute to realize ultra-compact electron accelerators and X-ray free electron lasers (XFELs) in future.
