Relativistic laser driven electron accelerator using micro-channel plasma targets

Snyder, J.; Ji, L. L.; George, K. M.; Willis, C.; Cochran, G. E.; Daskalova, R. L.; Handler, A.; Rubin, T.; Poole, P. L.; Nasir, D.; Zingale, A.; Chowdhury, E.; Shen, B. F.; Schumacher, D. W.

doi:10.1063/1.5087409

Title: Relativistic laser driven electron accelerator using micro-channel plasma targets

Journal Article · Thu Mar 14 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5087409· OSTI ID:1515026

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^[3]; Willis, C. ^[4]; Cochran, G. E. ^[5]; Daskalova, R. L. ^[4]; Handler, A. ^[5]; Rubin, T. ^[6]; Poole, P. L. ^[5]; Nasir, D. ^[4]; Zingale, A. ^[4]; Chowdhury, E. ^[4]; Shen, B. F. ^[7]; Schumacher, D. W. ^[4]

Miami Univ., Hamilton, OH (United States). Dept. of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai (China). Shanghai Inst. of Optics and Fine Mechanics, State Key Lab. of High Field Laser Physics; CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai (China)
Innovative Scientific Solutions Inc., Dayton, OH (United States)
The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept of Physics
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Voss Scientific, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai (China). Shanghai Inst. of Optics and Fine Mechanics, State Key Lab. of High Field Laser Physics; CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai (China); Shanghai Normal Univ., Shanghai (China)

We present an experimental demonstration of the efficient acceleration of electrons beyond 60MeV using micro-channel plasma targets. We employed a high-contrast, 2.5 J, 32 fs short pulse laser interacting with a 5 lm inner diameter, 300 lm long microchannel plasma target. The micro-channel was aligned to be collinear with the incident laser pulse, confining the majority of the laser energy within the channel. The measured electron spectrum showed a large increase in the cut-off energy and slope temperature when compared to that from a 2 lm flat Copper target, with the cutoff energy more than doubled and the total energy in electrons >5MeV enhanced by over 10 times. Three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations confirm efficient direct laser acceleration enabled by the novel structure as the dominant acceleration mechanism for the high energy electrons. The simulations further reveal the guiding effect of the channel that successfully explains preferential acceleration on the laser/channel axis observed in experiments. Finally, systematic simulations provide scalings for the energy and charge of the electron pulses. Our results show that the micro-channel plasma target is a promising electron source for applications such as ion acceleration, Bremsstrahlung X-ray radiation, and THZ generation.

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Research Organization:: The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

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OSTI ID:: 1515026

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 26, Issue 3; ISSN 1070-664X

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