Matched Guiding and Controlled Injection in Dark-Current-Free, 10-GeV-Class, Channel-Guided Laser-Plasma Accelerators

Picksley, A.; Stackhouse, J.; Benedetti, C.; Nakamura, K.; Tsai, H.  E.; Li, R.; Miao, B.; Shrock, J.  E.; Rockafellow, E.; Milchberg, H.  M.; Schroeder, C.  B.; van Tilborg, J.; Esarey, E.; Geddes, C.  G. R.; Gonsalves, A.  J.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.133.255001

Title: Matched Guiding and Controlled Injection in Dark-Current-Free, 10-GeV-Class, Channel-Guided Laser-Plasma Accelerators

Journal Article · 18 December 2024 · Physical Review Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.133.255001 · OSTI ID:2546959

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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)

Here we measure the high-intensity laser propagation throughout meter-scale, channel-guided laser-plasma accelerators by adjusting the length of the plasma channel on a shot-by-shot basis, showing high-quality guiding of 500 TW laser pulses over 30 cm in a hydrogen plasma of density n₀ ≈ 1 X 10¹⁷ cm^-3. We observed transverse energy transport of higher-order modes in the first ≈ 12 cm of the plasma channel, followed by quasimatched propagation, and the gradual, dark-current-free depletion of laser energy to the wake. We quantify the laser-to-wake transfer efficiency limitations of currently available petawatt-class lasers and demonstrate via simulation how control over the laser mode can significantly improve beam parameters. Using 21.3 J of laser energy, and triggering localized electron injection, we observed electron bunches with single, quasimonoenergetic peaks up to 9.2 GeV with charge extending beyond 10 GeV.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 2546959

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 25 Vol. 133; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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