Conceptual design of a laser wakefield acceleration experiment with external bunch injection

A.G. Khachatryan; M.J.H. Luttikhof; A. Irman; F.A. van Goor; J.W.J. Verschuur; H.M.J. Bastiaens; K.J. Boller

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2006.07.007

Conceptual design of a laser wakefield acceleration experiment with external bunch injection

A.G. Khachatryan
, M.J.H. Luttikhof
, A. Irman
, F.A. van Goor
, J.W.J. Verschuur
, H.M.J. Bastiaens
, K.J. Boller

Laser Physics & Nonlinear Optics

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	244-249
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A : Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment
Volume	566
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2006.07.007
Publication status	Published - 2 Aug 2006

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Khachatryan, A. G., Luttikhof, M. J. H., Irman, A., van Goor, F. A., Verschuur, J. W. J., Bastiaens, H. M. J., & Boller, K. J. (2006). Conceptual design of a laser wakefield acceleration experiment with external bunch injection. Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A : Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 566(2), 244-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2006.07.007

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Khachatryan, AG, Luttikhof, MJH, Irman, A, van Goor, FA, Verschuur, JWJ, Bastiaens, HMJ & Boller, KJ 2006, 'Conceptual design of a laser wakefield acceleration experiment with external bunch injection', Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A : Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, vol. 566, no. 2, pp. 244-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2006.07.007

Conceptual design of a laser wakefield acceleration experiment with external bunch injection. / Khachatryan, A.G.; Luttikhof, M.J.H.; Irman, A. et al.
In: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A : Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, Vol. 566, No. 2, 02.08.2006, p. 244-249.

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