Design of the Cockcroft beamline: adjustable transport of laser wakefield electrons to an undulator

K.A. Dewhurst; H.L. Owen; M. de Loos; B. van der Geer; B.D. Muratori; E. Brunetti; S.M. Wiggins; D.A. Jaroszynski

doi:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2019-THPGW070

Design of the Cockcroft beamline: adjustable transport of laser wakefield electrons to an undulator

K.A. Dewhurst
, H.L. Owen
, M. de Loos
, B. van der Geer
, B.D. Muratori
, E. Brunetti
, S.M. Wiggins
, D.A. Jaroszynski

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Abstract

The Cockcroft Beamline is being designed to transport 1 GeV electrons from a laser wakefield accelerator (LWFA) to an undulator at the Scottish Centre for the Application of Plasma-based Accelerators (SCAPA) in Glasgow, UK. To demonstrate undulator radiation in the X-ray spectral region and potentially free electron laser (FEL) gain, electrons should be transported between the LWFA and the undulators with high fidelity. In this paper we present the design of an adjustable beam line to transport LWFA electrons to the undulator for a range of energies, from 0.5 GeV to 1 GeV, while preserving the electron beam properties and matching the undulator-beam coupling.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 10th International Particle Accelerator Conference
Place of Publication	Geneva
Pages	3749-3752
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9783954502080
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2019-THPGW070
Publication status	Published - 21 Jun 2019
Event	10th International Particle Accelerator Conference - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 19 May 2019 → 24 May 2019

Publication series

Name	International Particle Accelerator Conference
ISSN (Electronic)	2673-5490

Conference

Conference	10th International Particle Accelerator Conference
Abbreviated title	IPAC 2019
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	19/05/19 → 24/05/19

Funding

Work supported by U.K. STFC (Grant No. ST/G008248/1), EuPRAXIA (Grant No. 653782), ECs LASERLAB-EUROPE (Grant No. 654148), U.K. EPSRC (Grant No. EP/J018171/1, EP/J500094/1 and EP/N028694/1).

Keywords

Cockcroft Beamline
GeV electrons
laser wakefield accelerator
undulator

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Laser-driven radiation beamlines at SCAPA (EPSRC Capital Equipment Portfolio)
McKenna, P. (Principal Investigator), Boyd, M. (Co-investigator), Gray, R. (Co-investigator), Hidding, B. (Co-investigator), Jaroszynski, D. (Co-investigator), McArthur, S. (Co-investigator) & Sheng, Z.-M. (Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/04/17 → 28/02/21
Project: Research
Lab in a bubble
Jaroszynski, D. (Principal Investigator), Boyd, M. (Co-investigator), Brunetti, E. (Co-investigator), Ersfeld, B. (Co-investigator), Hidding, B. (Co-investigator), McKenna, P. (Co-investigator), Noble, A. (Co-investigator), Sheng, Z.-M. (Co-investigator), Vieux, G. (Co-investigator), Welsh, G. H. (Co-investigator) & Wiggins, M. (Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/04/16 → 31/03/21
Project: Research
Laserlab-Europe IV (H2020 INFRA IA)
Jaroszynski, D. (Principal Investigator), Hidding, B. (Co-investigator), McKenna, P. (Co-investigator) & Sheng, Z.-M. (Co-investigator)
European Commission - Horizon Europe + H2020
1/12/15 → 30/11/19
Project: Research

Data for: "Design of the Cockcroft beamline: adjustable transport of laser wakefield electrons to an undulator"
Brunetti, E. (Creator), Dewhurst, K. (Creator) & Jaroszynski, D. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 16 Jan 2026
DOI: 10.15129/489a22a0-f2c5-45af-9380-7ce84db8af19
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Dewhurst, K. A., Owen, H. L., de Loos, M., van der Geer, B., Muratori, B. D., Brunetti, E., Wiggins, S. M., & Jaroszynski, D. A. (2019). Design of the Cockcroft beamline: adjustable transport of laser wakefield electrons to an undulator. In Proceedings of the 10th International Particle Accelerator Conference (pp. 3749-3752). (International Particle Accelerator Conference).. https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2019-THPGW070

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Design of the Cockcroft beamline: adjustable transport of laser wakefield electrons to an undulator. / Dewhurst, K.A.; Owen, H.L.; de Loos, M. et al.
Proceedings of the 10th International Particle Accelerator Conference. Geneva, 2019. p. 3749-3752 (International Particle Accelerator Conference).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book

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Design of the Cockcroft beamline: adjustable transport of laser wakefield electrons to an undulator

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Laser-driven radiation beamlines at SCAPA (EPSRC Capital Equipment Portfolio)

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