Published October 15, 2006
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Journal article
Conceptual design of a laser wakefield acceleration experiment with external bunch injection
Creators
- 1. Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede (Netherlands)
Description
We present a conceptual design of a laser wakefield acceleration experiment where a sub-picosecond electron bunch from a photo-cathode RF linac is injected into a plasma channel just before a laser pulse. The pulse overtakes the bunch which is then trapped, compressed and accelerated in the laser wakefield. This way ultra-relativistic bunches with a size of the order of a micron and relatively low energy spread can be generated. We show the results of our simulations and discuss the setup for a demonstration experiment
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nima.2006.07.007;
- PII
- S0168-9002(06)01255-1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 566
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 244-249
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 38035239
- Subject category
- S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCELERATION; BEAM BUNCHERS; BEAM BUNCHING; CATHODES; DESIGN; LASERS; PLASMA; PULSES; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; SIMULATION; TRAPPING; WAKEFIELD ACCELERATORS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; BEAM DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRODES; ENERGY RANGE; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MECHANICS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.