A compact electron accelerator can be made by the cunning use of laser pulses to let electrons 'surf' on a plasma wave. The problem has been controlling exactly how much the electrons are accelerated.
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Katsouleas, T. On the node of a wave. Nature 444, 688–689 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/444688a
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