Low emittance, high brilliance relativistic electron beams from a laser-plasma accelerator

E. Brunetti; Richard Shanks; G. G. Manahan; M. R. Islam; B. Ersfeld; M. P. Anania; S. Cipiccia; R. C. Issac; G. Raj; G. Vieux; G. H. Welsh; S. M. Wiggins; D. A. Jaroszynski

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.215007

Low emittance, high brilliance relativistic electron beams from a laser-plasma accelerator

E. Brunetti, Richard Shanks, G. G. Manahan, M. R. Islam, B. Ersfeld, M. P. Anania, S. Cipiccia, R. C. Issac, G. Raj, G. Vieux, G. H. Welsh, S. M. Wiggins, D. A. Jaroszynski

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Progress in laser wakefield accelerators indicates their suitability as a driver of compact free-electron lasers (FELs). High brightness is defined by the normalized transverse emittance, which should be less than 1 pi mm mrad for an x-ray FEL. We report high-resolution measurements of the emittance of 125 MeV, monoenergetic beams from a wakefield accelerator. An emittance as low as 1.1 +/- 0.1 pi mm mrad is measured using a pepper-pot mask. This sets an upper limit on the emittance, which is comparable with conventional linear accelerators. A peak transverse brightness of 5 x 10(15) Am-1 rad(-1) makes it suitable for compact XUV FELs.

Original language	English
Article number	215007
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	105
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.215007
Publication status	Published - 19 Nov 2010

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wakefield accelerator
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Brunetti, E., Shanks, R., Manahan, G. G., Islam, M. R., Ersfeld, B., Anania, M. P., Cipiccia, S., Issac, R. C., Raj, G., Vieux, G., Welsh, G. H., Wiggins, S. M., & Jaroszynski, D. A. (2010). Low emittance, high brilliance relativistic electron beams from a laser-plasma accelerator. Physical Review Letters, 105(21), Article 215007 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.215007

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