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Title: Applications of laser wakefield accelerator-based light sources

Abstract

Laser-wakefield accelerators (LWFAs) were proposed more than three decades ago, and while they promise to deliver compact, high energy particle accelerators, they will also provide the scientific community with novel light sources. In a LWFA, where an intense laser pulse focused onto a plasma forms an electromagnetic wave in its wake, electrons can be trapped and are now routinely accelerated to GeV energies. From terahertz radiation to gamma-rays, this article reviews light sources from relativistic electrons produced by LWFAs, and discusses their potential applications. Betatron motion, Compton scattering and undulators respectively produce x-rays or gamma-rays by oscillating relativistic electrons in the wakefield behind the laser pulse, a counter-propagating laser field, or a magnetic undulator. Other LWFA-based light sources include bremsstrahlung and terahertz radiation. Here, we first evaluate the performance of each of these light sources, and compare them with more conventional approaches, including radio frequency accelerators or other laser-driven sources. We have then identified applications, which we discuss in details, in a broad range of fields: medical and biological applications, military, defense and industrial applications, and condensed matter and high energy density science.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); Lancaster Univ., Bailrigg (United Kingdom)
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
OSTI Identifier:
1342053
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1315845
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-682217
Journal ID: ISSN 0741-3335; TRN: US1701590
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344; 16-ERD-024; 16-ERD-041; SCW 1476
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 58; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 0741-3335
Publisher:
IOP Science
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; laser wakefield accelerator; x-rays; gamma-rays; THz radiation; applications

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Albert, Felicie, and Thomas, Alec G. R. Applications of laser wakefield accelerator-based light sources. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1088/0741-3335/58/10/103001.
Albert, Felicie, & Thomas, Alec G. R. Applications of laser wakefield accelerator-based light sources. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/58/10/103001
Albert, Felicie, and Thomas, Alec G. R. Sat . "Applications of laser wakefield accelerator-based light sources". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/58/10/103001. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1342053.
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abstractNote = {Laser-wakefield accelerators (LWFAs) were proposed more than three decades ago, and while they promise to deliver compact, high energy particle accelerators, they will also provide the scientific community with novel light sources. In a LWFA, where an intense laser pulse focused onto a plasma forms an electromagnetic wave in its wake, electrons can be trapped and are now routinely accelerated to GeV energies. From terahertz radiation to gamma-rays, this article reviews light sources from relativistic electrons produced by LWFAs, and discusses their potential applications. Betatron motion, Compton scattering and undulators respectively produce x-rays or gamma-rays by oscillating relativistic electrons in the wakefield behind the laser pulse, a counter-propagating laser field, or a magnetic undulator. Other LWFA-based light sources include bremsstrahlung and terahertz radiation. Here, we first evaluate the performance of each of these light sources, and compare them with more conventional approaches, including radio frequency accelerators or other laser-driven sources. We have then identified applications, which we discuss in details, in a broad range of fields: medical and biological applications, military, defense and industrial applications, and condensed matter and high energy density science.},
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year = {Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
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  • Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Vol. 60, Issue 8
  • DOI: 10.1088/1361-6587/aaca79

Tabletop laser-driven gamma-ray source with nanostructured double-layer target
journal, September 2018

  • Huang, T. W.; Kim, C. M.; Zhou, C. T.
  • Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Vol. 60, Issue 11
  • DOI: 10.1088/1361-6587/aadbeb

High-charge relativistic electron bunches from a kHz laser-plasma accelerator
journal, January 2018


High-resolution μCT of a mouse embryo using a compact laser-driven X-ray betatron source
text, January 2018

  • Cole, Jason M.; Symes, Daniel R.; Lopes, Nelson C.
  • Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
  • DOI: 10.3204/pubdb-2020-00297

Multi-GeV electron-positron beam generation from laser-electron scattering
preprint, January 2017


Probing warm dense matter using femtosecond X-ray absorption spectroscopy with a laser-produced betatron source
journal, August 2018


Electron energy increase in a laser wakefield accelerator using up-ramp plasma density profiles
journal, August 2019

  • Aniculaesei, Constantin; Pathak, Vishwa Bandhu; Kim, Hyung Taek
  • Scientific Reports, Vol. 9, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47677-5

Multi-GeV electron-positron beam generation from laser-electron scattering
preprint, January 2017