Relevant papers published prior to the start of the ACHIP Collaboration:
K. Shimoda, "Proposal for an electron accelerator using an optical maser," Applied Optics 1 (1), 33 (1961).
C. Sears, E. Colby, et al., "Phase stable net acceleration of electrons from a two-stage optical accelerator", Phys. Rev. ST-AB 11, 101301 (2008). 
E. A. Peralta, K. Soong, et al., "Demonstration of Electron Acceleration in a Laser-Driven Micro-Structure," Nature 503, 91-94 (2013).
J. Breuer, and P. Hommelhoff, "Laser-Based Acceleration of Nonrelativistic Electrons at a Dielectric Structure", Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 134803 (2013).
R. J. England, R. J. Noble, et al., "Dielectric laser accelerators," Reviews of Modern Physics 86, 1337 (2014).
J. Breuer, R. Graf, A. Apolonski, P. Hommelhoff, "Dielectric laser acceleration of nonrelativistic electrons at a single fused silica grating structure: Experimental part," Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 17, 021301 (2014).
J. Breuer, J. McNeur, P. Hommelhoff, Peter, "Dielectric laser acceleration of electrons in the vicinity of single and double grating structures — theory and simulations," J. Phys. B 47, 234004 (2014).
J. Breuer, P. Hommelhoff, "Dielectric laser acceleration of 28 keV electrons with the inverse Smith-Purcell effect," Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 740, 114 (2014).
K. J. Leedle, R. F. Pease, R. L. Byer, J. S. Harris, "Laser acceleration and deflection of 96.3 keV electrons with a silicon dielectric structure," Optica 2 (2), 158 (2015).
W. R. Huang, E. A. Nanni , et al., "Toward a terahertz-driven electron gun", Scientific Reports 5:14899 (2015).