Combining harmonic generation and laser chirping to achieve high spectral density in Compton sources

Terzić, Balša; Reeves, Cody; Krafft, Geoffrey A.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.19.044403

Title: Combining harmonic generation and laser chirping to achieve high spectral density in Compton sources

Journal Article · Mon Apr 25 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review Accelerators and Beams

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.19.044403· OSTI ID:1249725

Terzić, Balša; Reeves, Cody; Krafft, Geoffrey A.

Recently various laser-chirping schemes have been investigated with the goal of reducing or eliminating ponderomotive line broadening in Compton or Thomson scattering occurring at high laser intensities. Moreover, as a next level of detail in the spectrum calculations, we have calculated the line smoothing and broadening expected due to incident beam energy spread within a one-dimensional plane wave model for the incident laser pulse, both for compensated (chirped) and unchirped cases. The scattered compensated distributions are treatable analytically within three models for the envelope of the incident laser pulses: Gaussian, Lorentzian, or hyperbolic secant. We use the new results to demonstrate that the laser chirping in Compton sources at high laser intensities: (i) enables the use of higher order harmonics, thereby reducing the required electron beam energies; and (ii) increases the photon yield in a small frequency band beyond that possible with the fundamental without chirping. We found that this combination of chirping and higher harmonics can lead to substantial savings in the design, construction and operational costs of the new Compton sources. This is of particular importance to the widely popular laser-plasma accelerator based Compton sources, as the improvement in their beam quality enters the regime where chirping is most effective.

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Research Organization:: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-06OR23177

OSTI ID:: 1249725

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1248816

Report Number(s):: JLAB-ACP-16-2151; DOE/OR/23177-3790; PRABFM; 044403

Journal Information:: Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, Vol. 19, Issue 4; ISSN 2469-9888

Publisher:: American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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