A Laser Frequency Transverse Modulation Might Compensate for the Spectral Broadening Due to Large Electron Energy Spread in Thomson Sources

Petrillo, Vittoria; Drebot, Illya; Krafft, Geoffrey; Maroli, Cesare; Rossi, Andrea R.; Conti, Marcello Rossetti; Ruijter, Marcel; Terzić, Balša

doi:10.3390/photonics9020062

Title: A Laser Frequency Transverse Modulation Might Compensate for the Spectral Broadening Due to Large Electron Energy Spread in Thomson Sources

Journal Article · 25 January 2022 · Photonics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics9020062 · OSTI ID:1871022

Petrillo, Vittoria ^[1]; Drebot, Illya ^[2]; Krafft, Geoffrey ^[3]; Maroli, Cesare ^[4];

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^[2]; Ruijter, Marcel ^[5];

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Univ. degli Studi di Milano (Italy); Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Milano (Italy)
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Milano (Italy)
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States); Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (United States)
Univ. degli Studi di Milano (Italy)
Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (United States); Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Rome (Italy); Univ. La Sapienza, Rome (Italy)
Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (United States)

Compact laser plasma accelerators generate high-energy electron beams with increasing quality. When used in inverse Compton backscattering, however, the relatively large electron energy spread jeopardizes potential applications requiring small bandwidths. We present here a novel interaction scheme that allows us to compensate for the negative effects of the electron energy spread on the spectrum, by introducing a transverse spatial frequency modulation in the laser pulse. Such a laser chirp, together with a properly dispersed electron beam, can substantially reduce the broadening of the Compton bandwidth due to the electron energy spread. We show theoretical analysis and numerical simulations for hard X-ray Thomson sources based on laser plasma accelerators.

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Research Organization:: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-06OR23177

OSTI ID:: 1871022

Report Number(s):: JLAB-ACP-22-3619; DOE/OR/23177-5504

Journal Information:: Photonics, Journal Name: Photonics Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 9; ISSN 2304-6732

Publisher:: MDPICopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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