Laser-wakefield acceleration of electron beams in a low density plasma channel

T. P. A. Ibbotson; N. Bourgeois; T. P. Rowlands-Rees; L. S. Caballero; S. I. Bajlekov; P. A. Walker; S. Kneip; S. P. D. Mangles; S. R. Nagel; C. A. J. Palmer; N. Delerue; G. Doucas; D. Urner; O. Chekhlov; R. J. Clarke; E. Divall; K. Ertel; P. S. Foster; S. J. Hawkes; C. J. Hooker; B. Parry; P. P. Rajeev; M. J.V. Streeter; S. M. Hooker

doi:10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.13.031301

Laser-wakefield acceleration of electron beams in a low density plasma channel

T. P. A. Ibbotson
, N. Bourgeois
, T. P. Rowlands-Rees
, L. S. Caballero
, S. I. Bajlekov
, P. A. Walker
, S. Kneip
, S. P. D. Mangles
, S. R. Nagel
, C. A. J. Palmer
, N. Delerue
, G. Doucas
, D. Urner
, O. Chekhlov
, R. J. Clarke
, E. Divall
, K. Ertel
, P. S. Foster
, S. J. Hawkes
, C. J. Hooker

B. Parry, P. P. Rajeev, M. J.V. Streeter, S. M. Hooker

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Abstract

The generation of quasimonoenergetic electron beams, with energies greater than 500 MeV, in a laser-plasma accelerator driven by 2.5 J, 80 fs laser pulses guided in a low density plasma channel, is investigated. The laser energy required to achieve electron injection is found to depend strongly on the quality of the input laser focal spot. Simulations show that, although the matched spot size of the plasma channel is greater than the self-focused spot size, the channel assists relativistic self-focusing and enables electron injection to occur at lower plasma densities and laser powers than would be possible without a waveguide.

Original language	English
Article number	031301
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams
Volume	13
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.13.031301
Publication status	Published - 17 Mar 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
Surfaces and Interfaces

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Ibbotson, T. P. A., Bourgeois, N., Rowlands-Rees, T. P., Caballero, L. S., Bajlekov, S. I., Walker, P. A., Kneip, S., Mangles, S. P. D., Nagel, S. R., Palmer, C. A. J., Delerue, N., Doucas, G., Urner, D., Chekhlov, O., Clarke, R. J., Divall, E., Ertel, K., Foster, P. S., Hawkes, S. J., ... Hooker, S. M. (2010). Laser-wakefield acceleration of electron beams in a low density plasma channel. Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams, 13(3), Article 031301. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.13.031301

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