Journal Article

FZJ-2020-04024

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Electron self-injection threshold for the tandem-pulse laser wakefield accelerator

Chitgar, Z. M. (Corresponding author)FZJ* ; Gibbon, P.FZJ* ; Böker, J.FZJ* ; Lehrach, A.FZJ* ; Büscher, M.FZJ*

2020
American Institute of Physics [S.l.]

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Please use a persistent id in citations: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/25909  doi:10.1063/1.5117503

Abstract: A controllable injection scheme is key to producing high quality laser-driven electron beams and x rays. Self-injection is the most straightforward scheme leading to high current and peak energies but is susceptible to variations in laser parameters and target characteristics. In this work, improved control of electron self-injection in the nonlinear cavity regime using two laser-pulses propagating in tandem is investigated. In particular, the advantages of the tandem-pulse scheme in terms of injection threshold, electron energy, and beam properties in a regime relevant to betatron radiation are demonstrated. Moreover, it is shown that the laser power threshold for electron self-injection can be reduced by up to a factor of two compared to the standard, single-pulse wakefield scheme.

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Jülich Supercomputing Center (JSC)
2. Kernphysikalische Großgeräte (IKP-4)
3. Elektronische Eigenschaften (PGI-6)
4. JARA - HPC (JARA-HPC)

Research Program(s):

1. 631 - Accelerator R & D (POF3-631) (POF3-631)
2. 511 - Computational Science and Mathematical Methods (POF3-511) (POF3-511)
3. PhD no Grant - Doktorand ohne besondere Förderung (PHD-NO-GRANT-20170405) (PHD-NO-GRANT-20170405)
4. Kinetic Plasma Simulation with Highly Scalable Particle Codes (jzam04_20190501) (jzam04_20190501)

Appears in the scientific report 2020

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