Monoenergetic Energy Doubling in a Hybrid Laser-Plasma Wakefield Accelerator

Journal Article · Fri May 14 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.104.195002· OSTI ID:21410727

Hidding, B; Koenigstein, T; Osterholz, J; Willi, O; Pretzler, G ^[1]; Karsch, S ^[2]

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1. Institut fuer Laser- und Plasmaphysik, Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Duesseldorf, 40225 Duesseldorf (Germany)
2. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Quantenoptik, 85748 Garching (Germany)

An ultracompact laser-plasma-generated, fs-scale electron double bunch system can be injected into a high-density driver/witness-type plasma wakefield accelerator afterburner stage to boost the witness electrons monoenergetically to energies far beyond twice their initial energy on the GeV scale. The combination of conservation of monoenergetic phase-space structure and fs duration with radial electric plasma fields E{sub r{approx}}100 GV/m leads to dramatic transversal witness compression and unprecedented charge densities. It seems feasible to upscale and implement the scheme to future accelerator systems.

• OSTI ID: 21410727
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 104, Issue 19; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.195002; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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