Ultrashort laser pulse driven inverse free electron laser accelerator experiment
In this paper we discuss the ultrashort pulse high gradient Inverse Free Electron laser accelerator experiment carried out at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory which demonstrated gra- dients exceeding 200 MV/m using a 4 TW 100 fs long 800 nm Ti:Sa laser pulse. Due to the short laser and electron pulse lengths, synchronization was determined to be one of the main challenges in this experiment. This made necessary the implementation of a single-shot, non destructive, electro-optic sampling based diagnostics to enable time-stamping of each laser accelerator shot with < 100 fs accuracy. The results of this experiment are expected to pave the way towards the development of future GeV-class IFEL accelerators.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0009914:0003; AC52-07NA27344
- OSTI ID:
- 1239713
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1239989; OSTI ID: 1254397
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-680806; PRABFM; 021305
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, Vol. 19, Issue 2; ISSN 2469-9888
- Publisher:
- American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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