Ion-channel laser growth rate and beam quality requirements

Davoine, Xavier; Fiuza, F.; Fonseca, R. A.; Mori, W. B.; Silva, L. O.

doi:10.1017/s0022377818000429

Title: Ion-channel laser growth rate and beam quality requirements

Journal Article · Mon May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Journal of Plasma Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022377818000429· OSTI ID:1461531

Davoine, Xavier ^[1]; Fiuza, F. ^[2]; Fonseca, R. A. ^[3]; Mori, W. B. ^[4]; Silva, L. O. ^[5]

CEA DAM DIF, Arpajon (France)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
DCTI/ISCTE - Lisbon Univ. Institute, Lisbon (Portugal); Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon (Portugal)
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon (Portugal)

In this study, we determine the growth rate of the exponential radiation amplification in the ion-channel laser, where a relativistic electron beam wiggles in a focusing ion channel that can be created in a wakefield accelerator. For the first time the radiation diffraction, which can limit the amplification, is taken into account. The electron beam quality requirements to obtain this amplification are also presented. It is shown that both the beam energy and wiggler parameter spreads should be limited. Two-dimensional and three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations of the self-consistent ion-channel laser confirm our theoretical predictions.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1461531

Journal Information:: Journal of Plasma Physics, Vol. 84, Issue 03; ISSN 0022-3778

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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