laser plasma acceleration

particle accelerator, tabletop accelerator, laser plasma acceleration, wakefield accelerator, slab waveguide, photonic circuit, photonic integrated circuit, inverse design, acceleration gradient, ACHIP, materials processing, sterilisation, cargo screening, biofuels production, water treatment, flue gas treatment, Robert L Byer,

The Particle Accelerator That Could Fit in Your Pocket

Simulation of a few-femtosecond electron bunch trapped in a laser-excited plasma wakefield. Caption & Source: DESY

First Demo that Some Future Particle Accelerators May Be 100x Smaller