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Title: Tunable polarization plasma channel undulator for narrow bandwidth photon emission

Abstract

The theory of a plasma undulator excited by a short intense laser pulse in a parabolic plasma channel is presented. The undulator fields are generated either by the laser pulse incident off-axis and/or under the angle with respect to the channel axis. Linear plasma theory is used to derive the wakefield structure. It is shown that the electrons injected into the plasma wakefields experience betatron motion and undulator oscillations. Optimal electron beam injection conditions are derived for minimizing the amplitude of the betatron motion, producing narrow-bandwidth undulator radiation. Polarization control is readily achieved by varying the laser pulse injection conditions.

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Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
OSTI Identifier:
1323590
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OSTI ID: 1377455
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AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physical Review Accelerators and Beams Journal Volume: 19 Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9888
Publisher:
American Physical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY

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Rykovanov, S. G., Wang, J. W., Kharin, V. Yu., Lei, B., Schroeder, C. B., Geddes, C. G. R., Esarey, E., and Leemans, W. P. Tunable polarization plasma channel undulator for narrow bandwidth photon emission. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.19.090703.
Rykovanov, S. G., Wang, J. W., Kharin, V. Yu., Lei, B., Schroeder, C. B., Geddes, C. G. R., Esarey, E., & Leemans, W. P. Tunable polarization plasma channel undulator for narrow bandwidth photon emission. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.19.090703
Rykovanov, S. G., Wang, J. W., Kharin, V. Yu., Lei, B., Schroeder, C. B., Geddes, C. G. R., Esarey, E., and Leemans, W. P. Fri . "Tunable polarization plasma channel undulator for narrow bandwidth photon emission". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.19.090703.
@article{osti_1323590,
title = {Tunable polarization plasma channel undulator for narrow bandwidth photon emission},
author = {Rykovanov, S. G. and Wang, J. W. and Kharin, V. Yu. and Lei, B. and Schroeder, C. B. and Geddes, C. G. R. and Esarey, E. and Leemans, W. P.},
abstractNote = {The theory of a plasma undulator excited by a short intense laser pulse in a parabolic plasma channel is presented. The undulator fields are generated either by the laser pulse incident off-axis and/or under the angle with respect to the channel axis. Linear plasma theory is used to derive the wakefield structure. It is shown that the electrons injected into the plasma wakefields experience betatron motion and undulator oscillations. Optimal electron beam injection conditions are derived for minimizing the amplitude of the betatron motion, producing narrow-bandwidth undulator radiation. Polarization control is readily achieved by varying the laser pulse injection conditions.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.19.090703},
journal = {Physical Review Accelerators and Beams},
number = 9,
volume = 19,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 09 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Fri Sep 09 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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