Betatron x-ray radiation in the self-modulated laser wakefield acceleration regime: prospects for a novel probe at large scale laser facilities
Abstract
This paper presents an experimental and theoretical study of betatron x-ray radiation from laser wakefield acceleration in the self-modulated regime. Our experiments use picosecond duration laser pulses up to 150 J, for plasmas with electronic densities on the order of 1019 cm-3. In the self-modulated regime, electrons accelerated in the wake of the laser pulse are subject to both the longitudinal plasma and transverse laser electrical fields. As a result, they undergo oscillations and radiate a synchrotron-like spectrum. In our experimental configuration, electrons accelerated up to about 300 MeV, as well as betatron x-ray spectra with energies of 10 s of keV and photon fluxes between 108–1010 photons/eV/Sr are reported. Our experiments open the prospect of using betatron x-ray radiation for applications, and the source could be competitive with current x-ray backlighting methods on multi-kilojoule laser systems used for high energy density or fusion sciences.
- Authors:
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- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). National Ignition Facility (NIF). Photon Sciences
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). National Ignition Facility (NIF). Photon Sciences; Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering
- Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). National Ignition Facility (NIF). Photon Sciences; Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Univ. of Lisbon (Portugal). Instituto Superior Técnico (IST). Inst. of Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion
- Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering; Univ. of Lisbon (Portugal). Instituto Superior Técnico (IST). Inst. of Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion
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- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); LLNL Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1490417
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1525467
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515; AC52-07NA27344; NA0002950; AC02-05CH11231; NA0003873
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nuclear Fusion
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 59; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5515
- Publisher:
- IOP Science
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; laser; plasma; x-ray sources; particle acceleration
Citation Formats
Albert, F., Lemos, N., Shaw, J. L., King, P. M., Pollock, B. B., Goyon, C., Schumaker, W., Saunders, A. M., Marsh, K. A., Pak, A., Ralph, J. E., Martins, J. L., Amorim, L. D., Falcone, R. W., Glenzer, S. H., Moody, J. D., and Joshi, C. Betatron x-ray radiation in the self-modulated laser wakefield acceleration regime: prospects for a novel probe at large scale laser facilities. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1088/1741-4326/aad058.
Albert, F., Lemos, N., Shaw, J. L., King, P. M., Pollock, B. B., Goyon, C., Schumaker, W., Saunders, A. M., Marsh, K. A., Pak, A., Ralph, J. E., Martins, J. L., Amorim, L. D., Falcone, R. W., Glenzer, S. H., Moody, J. D., & Joshi, C. Betatron x-ray radiation in the self-modulated laser wakefield acceleration regime: prospects for a novel probe at large scale laser facilities. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aad058
Albert, F., Lemos, N., Shaw, J. L., King, P. M., Pollock, B. B., Goyon, C., Schumaker, W., Saunders, A. M., Marsh, K. A., Pak, A., Ralph, J. E., Martins, J. L., Amorim, L. D., Falcone, R. W., Glenzer, S. H., Moody, J. D., and Joshi, C. Mon .
"Betatron x-ray radiation in the self-modulated laser wakefield acceleration regime: prospects for a novel probe at large scale laser facilities". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aad058. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1490417.
@article{osti_1490417,
title = {Betatron x-ray radiation in the self-modulated laser wakefield acceleration regime: prospects for a novel probe at large scale laser facilities},
author = {Albert, F. and Lemos, N. and Shaw, J. L. and King, P. M. and Pollock, B. B. and Goyon, C. and Schumaker, W. and Saunders, A. M. and Marsh, K. A. and Pak, A. and Ralph, J. E. and Martins, J. L. and Amorim, L. D. and Falcone, R. W. and Glenzer, S. H. and Moody, J. D. and Joshi, C.},
abstractNote = {This paper presents an experimental and theoretical study of betatron x-ray radiation from laser wakefield acceleration in the self-modulated regime. Our experiments use picosecond duration laser pulses up to 150 J, for plasmas with electronic densities on the order of 1019 cm-3. In the self-modulated regime, electrons accelerated in the wake of the laser pulse are subject to both the longitudinal plasma and transverse laser electrical fields. As a result, they undergo oscillations and radiate a synchrotron-like spectrum. In our experimental configuration, electrons accelerated up to about 300 MeV, as well as betatron x-ray spectra with energies of 10 s of keV and photon fluxes between 108–1010 photons/eV/Sr are reported. Our experiments open the prospect of using betatron x-ray radiation for applications, and the source could be competitive with current x-ray backlighting methods on multi-kilojoule laser systems used for high energy density or fusion sciences.},
doi = {10.1088/1741-4326/aad058},
journal = {Nuclear Fusion},
number = 3,
volume = 59,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Mon Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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