Plasma density transition trapping as a possible high-brightness electron beam source

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Controlled electron injection into the wake wave using plasma density inhomogeneity
A. V. Brantov, T. Zh. Esirkepov, M. Kando, H. Kotaki, V. Yu. Bychenkov, S. V. Bulanov
Physics of Plasmas 15, 073111 (2008)

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The development of laser- and beam-driven plasma accelerators as an experimental field
C. Joshi
Physics of Plasmas 14, 055501 (2007)

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Optics in the relativistic regime
Gerard A. Mourou, Toshiki Tajima, and Sergei V. Bulanov
Rev. Mod. Phys. 78, 309 (2006)

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Spatially Localized Self-Injection of Electrons in a Self-Modulated Laser-Wakefield Accelerator by Using a Laser-Induced Transient Density Ramp
T.-Y. Chien, C.-L. Chang, C.-H. Lee, J.-Y. Lin, J. Wang, and S.-Y. Chen
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 115003 (2005)

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Creation of plasma density transitions short compared to the plasma skin depth
M. C. Thompson, J. B. Rosenzweig, G. Travish
Review of Scientific Instruments 76, 013303 (2005)