The way in which the team made the electron beam small enough to be able to interact with the intense laser was through a process called «laser
wakefield acceleration.»
«We're looking forward to further exploring this exciting approach to plasma
wakefield acceleration.»
In plasma
wakefield acceleration, energetic bundles of electrons or positrons traverse a plasma and generate plasma «wakes» for trailing bunches of particles to ride.
... A team of German and Russian physicists have pioneered a new technique for particle acceleration, called proton - driven plasma -
wakefield acceleration (PWFA).
Not exact matches
The
acceleration is so strong that laser
wakefield devices can boost electrons to ultra-high-energy levels in mere centimeters, a feat that would take the most advanced conventional accelerators many meters to accomplish.