Petawatt-laser-driven wakefield acceleration of electrons to 2 GeV in 1017 cm-3 plasma

X. Wang; R. Zgadzaj; N. Fazel; S. A. Yi; X. Zhang; W. Henderson; Y. Y. Chang; R. Korzekwa; H. E. Tsai; C. H. Pai; Z. Li; H. Quevedo; G. Dyer; E. Gaul; M. Martinez; A. Bernstein; T. Borger; M. Spinks; M. Donovan; S. Y. Kalmykov; V. Khudik; G. Shvets; T. Ditmire; M. C. Downer

doi:10.1063/1.4773719

Petawatt-laser-driven wakefield acceleration of electrons to 2 GeV in 10¹⁷ cm^-3 plasma

X. Wang
, R. Zgadzaj
, N. Fazel
, S. A. Yi
, X. Zhang
, W. Henderson
, Y. Y. Chang
, R. Korzekwa
, H. E. Tsai
, C. H. Pai
, Z. Li
, H. Quevedo
, G. Dyer
, E. Gaul
, M. Martinez
, A. Bernstein
, T. Borger
, M. Spinks
, M. Donovan
, S. Y. Kalmykov

V. Khudik, G. Shvets, T. Ditmire, M. C. Downer

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Abstract

Electron self-injection into a laser-plasma accelerator (LPA) driven by the Texas Petawatt (TPW) laser is reported at plasma densities 1.7 - 6.2 × 10¹⁷ cm^-3. Energy and charge of the electron beam, ranging from 0.5 GeV to 2 GeV and tens to hundreds of pC, respectively, depended strongly on laser beam quality and plasma density. Angular beam divergence was consistently around 0.5 mrad (FWHM), while shot-to-shot pointing fluctuations were limited to ±1.4 mrad rms. Betatron x-rays with tens of keV photon energy are also clearly observed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advanced Accelerator Concepts - 15th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop
Pages	341-344
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773719
State	Published - 2012
Event	15th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop, AAC 2012 - Austin, TX, United States Duration: 10 Jun 2012 → 15 Jun 2012

Publication series

Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	1507
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

Conference

Conference	15th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop, AAC 2012
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin, TX
Period	10/06/12 → 15/06/12

Keywords

2GeV electron
Texas petawatt laser
betatron radiation
wakefield acceleration

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Wang, X., Zgadzaj, R., Fazel, N., Yi, S. A., Zhang, X., Henderson, W., Chang, Y. Y., Korzekwa, R., Tsai, H. E., Pai, C. H., Li, Z., Quevedo, H., Dyer, G., Gaul, E., Martinez, M., Bernstein, A., Borger, T., Spinks, M., Donovan, M., ... Downer, M. C. (2012). Petawatt-laser-driven wakefield acceleration of electrons to 2 GeV in 10¹⁷ cm^-3 plasma. In Advanced Accelerator Concepts - 15th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (pp. 341-344). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1507). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773719

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