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Few-cycle laser-driven electron acceleration

This work forms part of an extended experimental campaign which produced the first generation of quasimonenergetic electron bunches in Germany (B. Hidding et al., PRL 96(10):105004, 2006). In the earlier work, self-modulation led to sub-10-fs laser pulses which then generated the electrons, whereas here sub-10-fs laser pulses could be produced directly. B. Hidding contributed substantially to the theoretical prediction and explanation of the acquired results, especially on the production of multi-bunches, and he implemented important charge measurement devices (image plates and beam charge monitors) which were essential to gather electron bunch charge information.