Ultracold electron bunch generation via plasma photocathode emission and acceleration in a beam-driven plasma blowout

B. Hidding; G. Pretzler; J.B. Rosenzweig; T. Königstein; D. Schiller; D.L. Bruhwiler

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.035001

Ultracold electron bunch generation via plasma photocathode emission and acceleration in a beam-driven plasma blowout

B. Hidding, G. Pretzler, J.B. Rosenzweig, T. Königstein, D. Schiller, D.L. Bruhwiler

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Abstract

Beam-driven plasma wakefield acceleration using low-ionization-threshold gas such as Li is combined with laser-controlled electron injection via ionization of high-ionization-threshold gas such as He. The He electrons are released with low transverse momentum in the focus of the copropagating, nonrelativistic-intensity laser pulse directly inside the accelerating or focusing phase of the Li blowout. This concept paves the way for the generation of sub-μm-size, ultralow-emittance, highly tunable electron bunches, thus enabling a flexible new class of an advanced free electron laser capable high-field accelerator. © 2012 American Physical Society.

Original language	English
Article number	035001
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	108
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.035001
Publication status	Published - 17 Jan 2012

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free electron laser
photocathode emission
ultracold electrons

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