Scientists at DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron) have moved closer toward developing compact, powerful particle ...

Laser-plasma accelerators can accelerate particles over distances that are up to 1,000 times shorter than those required by ...

DESY scientists have taken a major step in refining laser plasma acceleration, a technology that could revolutionize particle ...

Scientists from Germany's DESY have come up with a two-stage correction approach to speed up electrons just like they do with ...

Here laser wakefield accelerators (LWFAs ... and to getting us our desktop TeV-level particle accelerators. Heading image: (a) Structure of the discharged capillary to produce the curved and ...

Laser plasma acceleration is a potentially disruptive technology: It could be used to build far more compact accelerators and ...

Laser-based approaches promise a low-cost, compact and simple alternative, compared with conventional accelerators. Particle accelerators are used extensively in many branches of the natural sciences.

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Laser plasma acceleration is a potentially disruptive technology: It could be used to build far more compact accelerators and open up new use cases in fundamental research, industry and health.

The paper, by N. Sapra at Stanford University in Stanford, CA, and colleagues was titled, "On-chip integrated laser-driven particle accelerator." ...

Physicists are sketching the designs of a particle accelerator that would be radically smaller and cheaper than existing ...