• DocumentCode
    2890353
  • Title

    Designing LWFA in the blowout regime

  • Author

    Lu, W. ; Tzoufras, M. ; Tsung, F.S. ; Joshi, C. ; Mori, W.B. ; Vieira, J. ; Fonseca, R.A. ; Silva, L.O.

  • Author_Institution
    UCLA, Los Angeles
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    25-29 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    3050
  • Lastpage
    3051
  • Abstract
    In recent experiments of Laser Wakefield Acceleration (LWFA), ultra-short (sub 50fs) monoenergetic (energy spread of a few percent to twenty percent) electron bunches of high charge (10s of pC to a few hundreds of pC) with energy range from 100MeV to 1GeV have been observed. In most of these experiments the laser drivers undergo significant longitudinal and transverse evolution during the acceleration process. How to extend the results from these experiments towards a more stable regime conducive to making an accelerator is of fundamental importance. In a recent work, a phenomenological theoretical framework of the blowout regime was developed to address this quest. In this paper, a design table based on this theoretical framework will be provided to illustrate possible parameters for reaching GeV to TeV energies.
  • Keywords
    electron accelerators; electron beams; particle beam bunching; plasma accelerators; plasma light propagation; wakefield accelerators; LWFA; laser drivers; laser wakefield acceleration; longitudinal evolution; plasma wakefield accelerator; transverse evolution; ultra-short monoenergetic electron bunches; Acceleration; Electron beams; Laser excitation; Laser stability; Laser theory; Optical design; Particle beams; Plasma accelerators; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Particle Accelerator Conference, 2007. PAC. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Albuquerque, NM
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0916-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PAC.2007.4440664
  • Filename
    4440664