Electron beam pointing stability of a laser wakefield accelerator

R. C. Issac; G. Vieux; G. H. Welsh; R. Shanks; E. Brunetti; S. Cipiccia; M. P. Anania; X. Yang; S. M. Wiggins; M. R. Islam; B. Ersfeld; J. Farmer; G. Raj; S. Chen; D. Clark; T. McCanny; D. A. Jaroszynski; DA Jaroszynski; A Rousse

doi:10.1117/12.822165

Electron beam pointing stability of a laser wakefield accelerator

R. C. Issac, G. Vieux, G. H. Welsh, R. Shanks, E. Brunetti, S. Cipiccia, M. P. Anania, X. Yang, S. M. Wiggins, M. R. Islam, B. Ersfeld, J. Farmer, G. Raj, S. Chen, D. Clark, T. McCanny, D. A. Jaroszynski, DA Jaroszynski (Editor), A Rousse (Editor)

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Abstract

Electron acceleration using plasma waves driven by ultra-short relativistic intensity laser pulses has undoubtedly excellent potential for driving a compact light source. However, for a wakefield accelerator to become a useful and reliable compact accelerator the beam properties need to meet a minimum standard. To demonstrate the feasibility of a wakefield based radiation source we have reliably produced electron beams with energies of 82 +/- 5 MeV, with 1 +/- 0.2% energy spread and 3 mrad r.m.s. divergence using a 0.9 J, 35 fs 800 nm laser. Reproducible beam pointing is essential for transporting the beam along the electron beam line. We find experimentally that electrons are accelerated close to the laser axis at low plasma densities. However, at plasma densities in excess of 10(19) cm(-3), electron beams have an elliptical beam profile with the major axis of the ellipse rotated with respect to the direction of polarization of the laser.

Original language	English
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.822165
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	Conference on Harnessing Relativistic Plasma Waves as Novel Radiation Sources From Terahertz to X-Rays and Beyond - Prague, Czech Republic Duration: 21 Apr 2009 → 23 Apr 2009

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Conference	Conference on Harnessing Relativistic Plasma Waves as Novel Radiation Sources From Terahertz to X-Rays and Beyond
Country/Territory	Czech Republic
City	Prague
Period	21/04/09 → 23/04/09

Keywords

laser wakefield acceleration
emittance
undulator radiation
betatron oscillations
electron beams

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Extreme light infrastructure (ELI)
Jaroszynski, D.
STFC Science and Technology Facilities Council
1/04/08 → 31/03/11
Project: Research
HARNESSING LASER-DRIVEN PLASMA WAVES AS PARTICLE AND RADIATION SOURCES
Jaroszynski, D., Bingham, R., Ledingham, K. & McKenna, P.
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/03/07 → 31/08/11
Project: Research
European Laser Electron Controlled Acceleration in Plasmas to GeV energy range - EUROLEAP
Jaroszynski, D.
EU
1/09/06 → 31/08/09
Project: Research

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Issac, R. C., Vieux, G., Welsh, G. H., Shanks, R., Brunetti, E., Cipiccia, S., Anania, M. P., Yang, X., Wiggins, S. M., Islam, M. R., Ersfeld, B., Farmer, J., Raj, G., Chen, S., Clark, D., McCanny, T., Jaroszynski, D. A., Jaroszynski, DA. (Ed.), & Rousse, A. (Ed.) (2009). Electron beam pointing stability of a laser wakefield accelerator. Paper presented at Conference on Harnessing Relativistic Plasma Waves as Novel Radiation Sources From Terahertz to X-Rays and Beyond, Prague, Czech Republic. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.822165

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