Title :
Linear and Nonlinear Thomson Scattering for Advanced X-ray Sources in PLASMONX
Author :
Tomassini, Paolo ; Bacci, A. ; Cary, J. ; Ferrario, M. ; Giulietti, A. ; Giulietti, Danilo ; Gizzi, L.A. ; Labate, Luca ; Serafini, L. ; Petrillo, Vittoria ; Vaccarezza, C.
Author_Institution :
Ist. Naz. di Fis. Nucleare-MI, Milan
Abstract :
Thomson scattering of laser pulses onto ultrarelativistic e-bunches is becoming an advanced source of tunable, quasi-monochromatic, and ultrashort X/gamma radiation. Sources aimed at reaching a high flux of scattered photons need to be driven by high-brightness e-beams, whereas extremely short (femtosecond scale or less) sources need to make femtosecond-long e-beams that collide with the laser pulses. In this paper, we explore the performance of the PLASMONX TS source in several operating regimes, including preliminary results on a source based on e-bunches produced by laser wakefield acceleration and controlled injection via density down ramp.
Keywords :
electron beams; particle beam bunching; particle beam injection; plasma X-ray sources; plasma accelerators; plasma light propagation; wakefield accelerators; PLASMONX TS source; Thomson scattering; advanced X-ray sources; gamma irradiation; high-brightness femtosecond-long e-beams; laser pulses; laser wakefield acceleration; particle beam injection; ultrarelativistic e-bunches; ultrashort X-irradiation; Acceleration; Electromagnetic scattering; Nuclear power generation; Optical pulses; Particle scattering; Plasma accelerators; Radio frequency; Tunable circuits and devices; X-ray lasers; X-ray scattering; Compton scattering; Thomson scattering (TS); X-ray sources;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2008.927428
