Patent 22189

Process and system for electron acceleration by laser-plasma interaction

Patent filed 14/04/2022 – CEA /CNRS/ ENSTA / EP

Snapshot of a 3D plasma simulation showing a high-power laser pulse (blue-red color scale) after reflection on a solid-gas hybrid target (the electron density of the solid part is in black and that of the gas part in yellow). During reflection on such a target, a lot of charge is injected from the solid part into the accelerating structure (plasma wave) formed in the laser’s wake