Comparative study of active plasma lenses in high-quality electron accelerator transport lines

van Tilborg, J.; Barber, S. K.; Benedetti, C.; Schroeder, C. B.; Isono, F.; Tsai, H. -E.; Geddes, C. G.  R.; Leemans, W. P.

doi:10.1063/1.5018001

Title: Comparative study of active plasma lenses in high-quality electron accelerator transport lines

Journal Article · Tue Mar 13 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5018001· OSTI ID:1439242

van Tilborg, J. ^[1]; Barber, S. K. ^[1]; Benedetti, C. ^[1]; Schroeder, C. B. ^[1]; Isono, F. ^[2];

^[1]; Geddes, C. G. R. ^[1];

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Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)

Electrically discharged active plasma lenses (APLs) are actively pursued in compact high-brightness plasma-based accelerators due to their high-gradient, tunable, and radially symmetric focusing properties. In this paper, the APL is experimentally compared with a conventional quadrupole triplet, highlighting the favorable reduction in the energy dependence (chromaticity) in the transport line. Through transport simulations, it is explored how the non-uniform radial discharge current distribution leads to beam-integrated emittance degradation and a charge density reduction at focus. However, positioning an aperture at the APL entrance will significantly reduce emittance degradation without additional loss of charge in the high-quality core of the beam. An analytical model is presented that estimates the emittance degradation from a short beam driving a longitudinally varying wakefield in the APL. Finally, optimizing laser plasma accelerator operation is discussed where emittance degradation from the non-uniform discharge current (favoring small beams inside the APL) and wakefield effects (favoring larger beam sizes) is minimized.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation; National Science Foundation (NSF); Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation (United States)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; PHY-1415596; PHY-1632796; GBMF4898

OSTI ID:: 1439242

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1425715

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 25, Issue 5; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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