Recent Progress and Perspectives of Laser-Plasma Acceleration

Abstract

Recent progress and perspectives of laser-plasma acceleration of electrons are given. The short history is first given, and the subject is reviewed in such terms as plasma creation, plasma wave generation, test beam generation, mono-energetic beam generation, plasma wave decay, and staging of injection and acceleration. Recent topics such as direct acceleration, forced laser wake field acceleration, bubble or cavity formation, quasi-mono-energetic beams, etc. are included.