An ultrashort pulse ultra-violet radiation undulator source driven by a laser plasma wakefield accelerator

Maria Pia Anania; Enrico Brunetti; Mark Wiggins; David William Grant; Gregor H. Welsh; Riju Issac; Silvia Cipiccia; Richard Shanks; Grace Manahan; Constantin Aniculaesei; S.B. van der Geer; M. J. de Loos; M.W. Poole; B. J. A.  Shepherd; J.A. Clarke; W.A. Gillespie; A.M. MacLeod; Dino Jaroszynski

doi:10.1063/1.4886997

An ultrashort pulse ultra-violet radiation undulator source driven by a laser plasma wakefield accelerator

Maria Pia Anania, Enrico Brunetti, Mark Wiggins, David William Grant, Gregor H. Welsh, Riju Issac, Silvia Cipiccia, Richard Shanks, Grace Manahan, Constantin Aniculaesei, S.B. van der Geer, M. J. de Loos, M.W. Poole, B. J. A. Shepherd, J.A. Clarke, W.A. Gillespie, A.M. MacLeod, Dino Jaroszynski^*

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Abstract

Narrow band undulator radiation tuneable over the wavelength range of 150–260 nm has been produced by short electron bunches from a 2 mm long laser plasma wakefield accelerator based on a 20 TW femtosecond laser system. The number of photons measured is up to 9 × 106 per shot for a 100 period undulator, with a mean peak brilliance of 1 × 1018 photons/s/mrad2/mm2/0.1% bandwidth. Simulations estimate that the driving electron bunch r.m.s. duration is as short as 3 fs when the electron beam has energy of 120–130 MeV with the radiation pulse duration in the range of 50–100 fs.

Original language	English
Article number	264102
Number of pages	5
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	104
Issue number	26
Early online date	1 Jul 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4886997
Publication status	Published - 2014

Keywords

electron beams
laser plasma acceleration
undulator radiation
ultrashort pulse
ultra-violet radiation
undulator
laser plasma wakefield accelerator

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LASERLAB-EUROPE
Jaroszynski, D. (Principal Investigator)
European Commission - FP7 - Cooperation only
1/06/12 → 30/11/15
Project: Research
Critical Mass: Collective radiation-beam-plasma interactions at high intensities
Jaroszynski, D. (Principal Investigator), Bingham, R. (Co-investigator), Boyd, M. (Co-investigator), Ledingham, K. (Co-investigator), McKenna, P. (Co-investigator) & Wiggins, M. (Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
19/04/12 → 18/01/16
Project: Research

ARCHIE-WeSt (UOSHPC)
Martin, R. (Manager)
University Of Strathclyde
Facility/equipment: Facility

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Anania, M. P., Brunetti, E., Wiggins, M., Grant, D. W., Welsh, G. H., Issac, R., Cipiccia, S., Shanks, R., Manahan, G., Aniculaesei, C., van der Geer, S. B., de Loos, M. J., Poole, M. W., Shepherd, B. J. A., Clarke, J. A., Gillespie, W. A., MacLeod, A. M., & Jaroszynski, D. (2014). An ultrashort pulse ultra-violet radiation undulator source driven by a laser plasma wakefield accelerator. Applied Physics Letters, 104(26), Article 264102. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4886997

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An ultrashort pulse ultra-violet radiation undulator source driven by a laser plasma wakefield accelerator

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