Seminarium Fizyki Wielkich Energii

The beauty of laser plasma accelerators relies on the control of the electrons motion with intense laser pulses. The manipulation of such electrons with intense laser pulses allows a fine mapping of the longitudinal and radial components of giant electric fields that can be optimized for accelerating charged particle or for producing X rays. To illustrate the beauty of this emerging field of science I will show how this control is achieved and how one can improve the quality of the electron beam. I’ll then show how by controlling the quiver motion of relativistic electrons intense bright X-rays beams are produced in a compact and elegant way. Finally, I’ll give some examples of applications for medicine, biology and material science.