Wide-angle electron beams from laser-wakefield accelerators

E. Brunetti; X. Yang; F.Y. Li; D. Reboredo Gil; G.H. Welsh; S. Cipiccia; B. Ersfeld; D.W. Grant; P.A. Grant; M.R. Islam; M. Shahzad; M.P. Tooley; G. Vieux; S.M. Wiggins; Z.M. Sheng; D.A. Jaroszynski

doi:10.1117/12.2269314

Wide-angle electron beams from laser-wakefield accelerators

E. Brunetti, X. Yang, F.Y. Li, D. Reboredo Gil, G.H. Welsh, S. Cipiccia, B. Ersfeld, D.W. Grant, P.A. Grant, M.R. Islam, M. Shahzad, M.P. Tooley, G. Vieux, S.M. Wiggins, Z.M. Sheng, D.A. Jaroszynski

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Abstract

Advances in laser technology have driven the development of laser-wakefield accelerators, compact devices that are capable of accelerating electrons to GeV energies over centimetre distances by exploiting the strong electric field gradients arising from the interaction of intense laser pulses with an underdense plasma. A side-effect of this acceleration mechanism is the production of high-charge, low-energy electron beams at wide angles. Here we present an experimental and numerical study of the properties of these wide-angle electron beams, and show that they carry off a significant fraction of the energy transferred from the laser to the plasma. These high-charge, wide-angle beams can also cause damage to laser-wakefield accelerators based on capillaries, as well as become source of unwanted bremsstrahlung radiation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	102400P-102400P-12
Number of pages	12
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE
Volume	10240
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2269314
Publication status	Published - 7 May 2017

Keywords

laser-wakefield acceleration
low-energy high-charge electron beams
laser-driven particle accelerators
plasma

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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

Wide-angle electron beams from laser-wakefield accelerators
Brunetti, E. (Creator), Yang, X. (Contributor), Li, F. (Contributor), Reboredo Gil, D. (Contributor), Welsh, G. (Contributor), Cipiccia, S. (Contributor), Ersfeld, B. (Contributor), Grant, D. W. (Contributor), Grant, P. A. (Contributor), Islam, M. (Contributor), Tooley, M. (Contributor), Vieux, G. (Contributor), Wiggins, S. (Contributor), Sheng, Z.-M. (Contributor) & Jaroszynski, D. (Contributor), University of Strathclyde, 23 Mar 2017
DOI: 10.15129/16e6a9b3-a930-48b6-8b1c-72805a7e8850
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SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics
Shahzad, M. (Participant)
24 Apr 2017 → 27 Apr 2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference

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Brunetti, E., Yang, X., Li, F. Y., Reboredo Gil, D., Welsh, G. H., Cipiccia, S., Ersfeld, B., Grant, D. W., Grant, P. A., Islam, M. R., Shahzad, M., Tooley, M. P., Vieux, G., Wiggins, S. M., Sheng, Z. M., & Jaroszynski, D. A. (2017). Wide-angle electron beams from laser-wakefield accelerators. Proceedings of SPIE, 10240, 102400P-102400P-12. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2269314

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