Author/Authors :
Khachatryan، نويسنده , , A.G. and Luttikhof، نويسنده , , M.J.H. and Irman، نويسنده , , A. and van Goor، نويسنده , , F.A. and Verschuur، نويسنده , , J.W.J. and Bastiaens، نويسنده , , H.M.J. and Boller، نويسنده , , K.-J.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
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.
