BELLA Table Top Laser (1 of 3) (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

BELLA Table Top Laser (1 of 3)

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A laser pulse through a capillary filled with hydrogen plasma creates a wake that can accelerate an electron beam to a billion electron volts in just 3.3 centimeters. The same LOASIS accelerating structure has been modified to tune stable, high-quality beams from 100 to 400 million electron volts.

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Photos by Roy Kaltschmidt, Berkeley Lab Public Affairs

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