Plasma-photonic spatiotemporal synchronization of relativistic electron and laser beams

Paul Scherkl; Alexander Knetsch; Thomas Heinemann; Andrew Sutherland; Ahmad Fahim Habib; Oliver Karger; Daniel Ullmann; Andrew Beaton; Gavin Kirwan; Grace Manahan; Yunfeng Xi; Aihua Deng; Michael Dennis Litos; Brendan D. OShea; Selina Z. Green; Christine I. Clarke; Gerard Andonian; Ralph Assmann; Dino A. Jaroszynski; David L. Bruhwiler; Jonathan Smith; John R. Cary; Mark J. Hogan; Vitaly Yakimenko; James B. Rosenzweig; Bernhard Hidding

Plasma-photonic spatiotemporal synchronization of relativistic electron and laser beams

Paul Scherkl, Alexander Knetsch, Thomas Heinemann, Andrew Sutherland, Ahmad Fahim Habib, Oliver Karger, Daniel Ullmann, Andrew Beaton, Gavin Kirwan, Grace Manahan, Yunfeng Xi, Aihua Deng, Michael Dennis Litos, Brendan D. OShea, Selina Z. Green, Christine I. Clarke, Gerard Andonian, Ralph Assmann, Dino A. Jaroszynski, David L. BruhwilerJonathan Smith, John R. Cary, Mark J. Hogan, Vitaly Yakimenko, James B. Rosenzweig, Bernhard Hidding

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Modern particle accelerators and their applications increasingly rely on precisely coordinated interactions of intense charged particle and laser beams. Femtosecond-scale synchronization alongside micrometre-scale spatial precision are essential e.g. for pump-probe experiments, seeding and diagnostics of advanced light sources and for plasma-based accelerators. State-of-the-art temporal or spatial diagnostics typically operate with low-intensity beams to avoid material damage at high intensity. As such, we present a plasma-based approach, which allows measurement of both temporal and spatial overlap of high-intensity beams directly at their interaction point. It exploits amplification of plasma afterglow arising from the passage of an electron beam through a laser-generated plasma filament. The corresponding photon yield carries the spatiotemporal signature of the femtosecond-scale dynamics, yet can be observed as a visible light signal on microsecond-millimetre scales.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Ithaca, New York
Publication status	In preparation - 25 Aug 2019

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Publisher	[Ithaca, N.Y.] : Cornell University [1991]-
ISSN (Print)	2331-8422

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particle accelerators
laser beams
charged particles
plasma

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Scherkl, P., Knetsch, A., Heinemann, T., Sutherland, A., Habib, A. F., Karger, O., Ullmann, D., Beaton, A., Kirwan, G., Manahan, G., Xi, Y., Deng, A., Litos, M. D., OShea, B. D., Green, S. Z., Clarke, C. I., Andonian, G., Assmann, R., Jaroszynski, D. A., ... Hidding, B. (2019). Plasma-photonic spatiotemporal synchronization of relativistic electron and laser beams. (arXiv.org).

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