Polarization and phase control of electron injection and acceleration in the plasma by a self-steepening laser pulse

Kim, Jihoon; Wang, Tianhong; Khudik, Vladimir; Shvets, Gennady

doi:10.1088/1367-2630/acbed5

Title: Polarization and phase control of electron injection and acceleration in the plasma by a self-steepening laser pulse

Journal Article · 14 March 2023 · New Journal of Physics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/acbed5 · OSTI ID:1961724

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; Khudik, Vladimir; Shvets, Gennady

Abstract We describe an interplay between two injection mechanism of background electrons into an evolving plasma bubble behind an intense laser pulse: one due to the overall bubble expansion, and another due to its periodic undulation. The two mechanisms occur simultaneously when an intense laser pulse propagating inside a plasma forms a shock-like steepened front. Periodic undulations of the plasma bubble along the laser propagation path can either inhibit or conspire with electron injection due to bubble expansion. We show that carrier-envelope-phase (CEP) controlled plasma bubble undulation induced by the self-steepening laser pulse produces a unique electron injector—expanding phase-controlled undulating bubble (EPUB). The longitudinal structure of the electron bunch injected by the EPUB can be controlled by laser polarization and power, resulting in high-charge (multiple nano-Coulombs) high-current (tens of kilo-amperes) electron beams with ultra-short (femtosecond-scale) temporal structure. Generation of high-energy betatron radiation with polarization- and CEP-controlled energy spectrum and angular distribution is analyzed as a promising application of EPUB-produced beams.

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Journal Information:: New Journal of Physics, Journal Name: New Journal of Physics Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 25; ISSN 1367-2630

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