Laser plasma accelerators research activities at LOA

The decade research activity on laser plasma accelerator using the “salle jaune” laser has been very fruitful. Using the compact 30TW - 30fs laser system developed at LOA a number of important breakthroughs have been obtained. By exploring different regime of laser plasma interaction new approaches for controlling electrons injection into relativistic plasma wave have been achieved. The progresses of laser plasma accelerators have allowed us to produce high quality of energetic electron beams with controllable parameters. Because of their interesting properties such as shortness, brightness and spatial quality, these beams are promising for applications in many fields, including medicine, radiation biology, chemistry, physics and material science, security, and of course accelerator science. Thanks to the advent of compact and powerful lasers, with moderate costs and high repetition rate, this research field becomes more and more active.