Generating positrons with femtosecond-laser pulses

C Gahn; G. D Tsakiris; G Pretzler; K. J Witte; C Delfin; Claes-Göran Wahlström; D Habs

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Generating positrons with femtosecond-laser pulses

C Gahn, G. D Tsakiris, G Pretzler, K. J Witte, C Delfin, Claes-Göran Wahlström, D Habs

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Utilizing a femtosecond table-top laser system, we have succeeded in converting via electron acceleration in a plasma channel, low-energy photons into antiparticles, namely positrons. The average intensity of this source of positrons is estimated to be equivalent to 2x10(8) Bq and it exhibits a very favorable scaling for higher laser intensities. The advent of positron production utilizing femtosecond laser pulses may be the forerunner to a table-top positron source appropriate for applications in material science, and fundamental physics research like positronium spectroscopy. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(00)00143-1].

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2662-2664
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	77
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1319526
Publication status	Published - 2000

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