| Autor: |
R. H. H. Scott, C. Thornton, N. Bourgeois, J. Cowley, Wolf Rittershofer, Tobias Kleinwächter, Jens Osterhoff, D. R. Symes, C. Hooker, S. M. Hooker |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, Vol 23, Iss 11, p 111301 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2469-9888 |
| DOI: |
10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.111301 |
| Popis: |
A novel mechanism for injection, emittance selection, and postacceleration for laser wakefield electron acceleration is identified and described. It is shown that a laser prepulse can create an ionized plasma filament through multiphoton ionization and this heats the electrons and ions, driving an ellipsoidal blast-wave aligned with the laser-axis. The subsequent high-intensity laser-pulse generates a plasma wakefield which, on entering the leading edge of the blast-wave structure, encounters a sharp reduction in electron density, causing density down-ramp electron injection. The injected electrons are accelerated to ∼2 MeV within the blast-wave. After the main laser-pulse has propagated past the blast-wave, it drives a secondary wakefield within the homogenous background plasma. On exiting the blast-wave structure, the preaccelerated electrons encounter these secondary wakefields, are retrapped, and accelerated to higher energies. Due to the longitudinal extent of the blast-wave, only those electrons with small transverse velocity are retrapped, leading to the potential for the generation of electron bunches with reduced transverse size and emittance. |
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