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Opt Lett. 2015 Sep 15;40(18):4344-7. doi: 10.1364/OL.40.004344.

Dielectric laser acceleration of sub-100 keV electrons with silicon dual-pillar grating structures.

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Kenneth J Leedle, Andrew Ceballos, Huiyang Deng, Olav Solgaard, R Fabian Pease, Robert L Byer, James S Harris

PMID: 26371932 DOI: 10.1364/OL.40.004344

Abstract

We present the demonstration of high-gradient laser acceleration and deflection of electrons with silicon dual-pillar grating structures using both evanescent inverse Smith-Purcell modes and coupled modes. Our devices accelerate subrelativistic 86.5 and 96.3 keV electrons by 2.05 keV over 5.6 μm distance for accelerating gradients of 370 MeV/m with a 3 nJ mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser. We also show that dual pillars can produce uniform accelerating gradients with a coupled-mode field profile. These results represent a significant step toward making practical dielectric laser accelerators for ultrafast, medical, and high-energy applications.

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