Table 1 Properties of injection-plane apodizers used for this work.

From: Microcoulomb (0.7 ± \(\frac{0.4}{0.2}\) μC) laser plasma accelerator on OMEGA EP

Configuration

Average R80 [μm]

Max. energy [J]

Max. a0

Peak intensity [W/cm2]

f/5

14.8 ± 1.7/1.3

135

6.6

5.3 × 1019

f/6

14.0 ± 3.0/2.5

85

6.7

5.5 × 1019

f/8

16.2 ± 3.7/2.0

55

3.9

1.8 × 1019

f/10

18.1 ± 0.6/0.3

40

2.3

6.5 × 1018

  1. The maximum energy is given for operation at best compression, i.e. duration of 700 ± 100 fs. The maximum a0 value given in column four and the peak intensity given in column five are the maximum values calculated from the laser energy, spot size, and pulse duration measured during this course of experiments.
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