Laser wakefield accelerator based light sources: potential applications and requirements

Conference · Thu Jan 15 04:00:00 EST 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/56/8/084015· OSTI ID:1179414

Albert, F. ^[1]; Thomas, A. G. ^[2]; Mangles, S. P.D. ^[3]; Banerjee, S. ^[4]; Corde, S. ^[5]; Flacco, A. ^[6]; Litos, M. ^[5]; Neely, D. ^[7]; Viera, J. ^[8]; Najmudin, Z. ^[3]; Bingham, R. ^[7]; Joshi, C. ^[9]; Katsouleas, T. ^[10]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). NIF and Photon Sciences
2. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
3. Imperial College, London (United Kingdom). Blackett Lab.
4. Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)
5. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
6. ENSTA, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau (France)
7. Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Oxford (United Kingdom). Rutherford Appleton Lab. (RAL). Central Laser Facility
8. Univ. of Lisbon (Portugal). GoLP-Inst. de Plasmas e Fusao Nuclear-Lab. Associado
9. Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering
10. Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States). Platt School of Engineering

In this article we review the prospects of laser wakefield accelerators as next generation light sources for applications. This work arose as a result of discussions held at the 2013 Laser Plasma Accelerators Workshop. X-ray phase contrast imaging, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and nuclear resonance fluorescence are highlighted as potential applications for laser-plasma based light sources. We discuss ongoing and future efforts to improve the properties of radiation from plasma betatron emission and Compton scattering using laser wakefield accelerators for these specific applications.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-07NA27344
• OSTI ID: 1179414
• Report Number(s): LLNL-PROC--666251
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY
BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY
COMPTON EFFECT
FORECASTING
LASERS
LIGHT SOURCES
PLASMA BETATRONS
RESONANCE FLUORESCENCE
REVIEWS
USES
WAKEFIELD ACCELERATORS
X RADIATION
X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY