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

A. F. Lifschitz; J. Faure; Y. Glinec; V. Malka

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2006.01.012

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

A. F. Lifschitz
, J. Faure
, Y. Glinec
, V. Malka

Laboratory d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA, CNRS-École Polytechnique

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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 ∼ 10¹⁸ W/cm² 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	314-319
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	561
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2006.01.012
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2006

Keywords

Laser-plasma acceleration
Laser-plasma interaction simulation
Monoenergetic electron beam

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Wakefield acceleration of low energy electron bunches in the weakly nonlinear regime. / Lifschitz, A. F.; Faure, J.; Glinec, Y. et al.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 561, No. 2, 01.06.2006, p. 314-319.

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