More efficient Physicists in Germany have used a temporal property of laser pulses to boost the energy of their proton accelerator. (Courtesy: HZDR/Blaurock) Physicists in Germany say they have passed ...

Laser-plasma accelerators can accelerate particles over distances that are up to 1,000 times shorter than those required by conventional accelerators. The technology promises compact systems that have ...

Using Einstein's theory of special relativity to speedup computer simulations, scientists have designed laser-plasma accelerators with energies of 10 billion electron volts (GeV) and beyond. These ...

Scientists have made a significant advance in laser plasma acceleration. By employing an innovative method, a research team managed to substantially exceed the previous record for proton acceleration.

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.

In a study published in Nature, a DESY team significantly enhanced the parameters of a laser-plasma accelerated electron beam, opening up new areas of use. Laser plasma acceleration has the potential ...

The collaboration utilizes The University of Texas' Tabletop Terawatt Laboratory laser system to expedite breakthroughs in disease prevention and cures, as well as semiconductor chips and more ...

Over the past few decades, physicists and engineers have been trying to create increasingly compact laser-plasma accelerators, a technology to study matter and particle interactions produced by ...