Wakefield acceleration of low energy electron bunches in the weakly nonlinear regime

被引:2
|
作者
Lifschitz, A. F. [1 ]
Faure, J. [1 ]
Glinec, Y. [1 ]
Malka, V. [1 ]
机构
[1] ENSTA, CNRS, UMR 7639, Lab Opt Appl, F-91761 Palaiseau, France
关键词
laser-plasma acceleration; monoenergetic electron beam; laser-plasma interaction simulation;
D O I
10.1016/j.nima.2006.01.012
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
We present a simple analytical model for the acceleration of low energy electron bunches in the wakefield created by a short laser pulse focused in a uniform plasma. Laser intensity is limited to I similar to 10(18) W/cm(2) in order to avoid self-injection and strong nonlinear effects. In this weakly nonlinear regime, it is found that the quality of the accelerated electron bunch-in terms of bunch length and energy spread-depends crucially on the injection energy. Comparisons with numerical simulations show that most of the features of the acceleration process can be explained within the linear response framework, including both the reduction of energy spread and bunch length at low injection energies. The role of nonlinear effects is discussed. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
引用
收藏
页码:314 / 319
页数:6
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [21] WAKEFIELD EXCITATION IN NONLINEAR PLASMA BY SEQUENCE OF RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON BUNCHES
    Maslov, V. I.
    Onishchenko, I. N.
    Yarovaya, I. P.
    PROBLEMS OF ATOMIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2014, (06): : 101 - 103
  • [22] Nonlinear and collective phenomena observed in plasma wakefield acceleration driven by multiple bunches
    Kozawa, T
    Ueda, T
    Kobayashi, T
    Uesaka, M
    Shibata, H
    Arinaga, M
    Kawakubo, T
    Nakajima, K
    Nakanishi, H
    Ogata, A
    Yoshida, Y
    Yugami, N
    Nishida, Y
    NONLINEAR AND COLLECTIVE PHENOMENA IN BEAM PHYSICS, 1997, (395): : 343 - 353
  • [23] Electron energy optimization by plasma density ramp in laser wakefield acceleration in bubble regime
    Kaur, M.
    Gupta, D. N.
    LASER AND PARTICLE BEAMS, 2018, 36 (02) : 195 - 202
  • [24] SCHEMES FOR ACCELERATION A PART OF ELECTRONS OF DRIVE ELECTRON BUNCHES IN THE DIELECTRIC WAKEFIELD STRUCTURE
    Linnik, A. F.
    Krivonosov, G. A.
    Omelayenko, O. L.
    Sotnikov, G. V.
    PROBLEMS OF ATOMIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2023, (04): : 80 - 84
  • [25] Direct Imaging with Hundreds of MeV Electron Bunches from Laser Wakefield Acceleration
    Xiao, Chaofan
    Xu, Zhiyi
    Lu, Haiyang
    Liu, Jiaxin
    Xie, Chengzhi
    Zhao, Yanying
    Geng, Yixing
    Chen, Shiyou
    Chen, Chia Er
    Yan, Xueqing
    PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE, 2021, 218 (01):
  • [26] To electrons acceleration at wakefield excitation in dielectric structures by a sequence of relativistic electron bunches
    Kiselev, V. A.
    Linnik, A. F.
    Mirny, V. I.
    Onishchenko, I. N.
    Sotnikov, G. V.
    Uskov, V. V.
    PROBLEMS OF ATOMIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2008, (04): : 70 - 72
  • [27] JOINT WAKEFIELD ACCELERATION BY LASER PULSE AND BY SELF-INJECTED ELECTRON BUNCHES
    Maslov, V. I.
    Svystun, O. M.
    Onishchenko, I. N.
    Yegorov, A. M.
    PROBLEMS OF ATOMIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2016, (06): : 144 - 147
  • [28] Laser wakefield compression and acceleration of externally injected electron bunches in guiding structures
    Andreev, N. E.
    Baranov, V. E.
    Cros, B.
    Maynard, G.
    Mora, P.
    Veysman, M. E.
    JOURNAL OF PLASMA PHYSICS, 2013, 79 : 143 - 152
  • [29] ACCELERATION OF ELECTRONS AT WAKEFIELD EXCITATION BY A SEQUENCE OF RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON BUNCHES IN DIELECTRIC RESONATOR
    Kiselev, V. A.
    Linnik, A. F.
    Mirnyj, V. I.
    Onishchenko, I. N.
    Uskov, V. V.
    PROBLEMS OF ATOMIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2009, (01): : 116 - 118
  • [30] High-gradient plasma-wakefield acceleration with two subpicosecond electron bunches
    Kallos, Efthymios
    Katsouleas, Tom
    Kimura, Wayne D.
    Kusche, Karl
    Muggli, Patric
    Pavlishin, Igor
    Pogorelsky, Igor
    Stolyarov, Daniil
    Yakimenko, Vitaly
    PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 2008, 100 (07)