Fundamentals and Applications of Hybrid LWFA-PWFA
Abstract
Fundamental similarities and differences between laser-driven plasma wakefield acceleration (LWFA) and particle-driven plasma wakefield acceleration (PWFA) are discussed. The complementary features enable the conception and development of novel hybrid plasma accelerators, which allow previously not accessible compact solutions for high quality electron bunch generation and arising applications. Very high energy gains can be realized by electron beam drivers even in single stages because PWFA is practically dephasing-free and not diffraction-limited. These electron driver beams for PWFA in turn can be produced in compact LWFA stages. In various hybrid approaches, these PWFA systems can be spiked with ionizing laser pulses to realize tunable and high-quality electron sources via optical density downramp injection (also known as plasma torch) or plasma photocathodes (also known as Trojan Horse) and via wakefield-induced injection (also known as WII). These hybrids can act as beam energy, brightness and quality transformers, and partially have built-in stabilizing features. They thus offer compact pathways towards beams with unprecedented emittance and brightness, which may have transformative impact for light sources and photon science applications. Furthermore, they allow the study of PWFA-specific challenges in compact setups in addition to large linac-based facilities, such as fundamental beam–plasma interaction physics, to develop novel diagnostics,more »
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- Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow (United Kingdom); Cockcroft Inst., Cheshire (United Kingdom)
- Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow (United Kingdom); Cockcroft Inst., Cheshire (United Kingdom); Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)
- Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau (France)
- Ludwig Maximilian Univ., Munich (Germany); Max Planck Society, Garching (Germany). Max Planck Inst. of Quantum Optics
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), (Germany)
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)
- Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow (United Kingdom); Cockcroft Inst., Cheshire (United Kingdom); Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), (Germany)
- Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow (United Kingdom); Cockcroft Inst., Cheshire (United Kingdom); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Oxford (United Kingdom)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC); Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1577713
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Applied Sciences
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 13; Journal ID: ISSN 2076-3417
- Publisher:
- MDPI
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; Chemistry; Materials Science; Physics
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Hidding, Bernhard, Beaton, Andrew, Boulton, Lewis, Corde, Sebastién, Doepp, Andreas, Habib, Fahim Ahmad, Heinemann, Thomas, Irman, Arie, Karsch, Stefan, Kirwan, Gavin, Knetsch, Alexander, Manahan, Grace Gloria, Martinez de la Ossa, Alberto, Nutter, Alastair, Scherkl, Paul, Schramm, Ulrich, and Ullmann, Daniel. Fundamentals and Applications of Hybrid LWFA-PWFA. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.3390/app9132626.
Hidding, Bernhard, Beaton, Andrew, Boulton, Lewis, Corde, Sebastién, Doepp, Andreas, Habib, Fahim Ahmad, Heinemann, Thomas, Irman, Arie, Karsch, Stefan, Kirwan, Gavin, Knetsch, Alexander, Manahan, Grace Gloria, Martinez de la Ossa, Alberto, Nutter, Alastair, Scherkl, Paul, Schramm, Ulrich, & Ullmann, Daniel. Fundamentals and Applications of Hybrid LWFA-PWFA. United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9132626
Hidding, Bernhard, Beaton, Andrew, Boulton, Lewis, Corde, Sebastién, Doepp, Andreas, Habib, Fahim Ahmad, Heinemann, Thomas, Irman, Arie, Karsch, Stefan, Kirwan, Gavin, Knetsch, Alexander, Manahan, Grace Gloria, Martinez de la Ossa, Alberto, Nutter, Alastair, Scherkl, Paul, Schramm, Ulrich, and Ullmann, Daniel. Fri .
"Fundamentals and Applications of Hybrid LWFA-PWFA". United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9132626. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1577713.
@article{osti_1577713,
title = {Fundamentals and Applications of Hybrid LWFA-PWFA},
author = {Hidding, Bernhard and Beaton, Andrew and Boulton, Lewis and Corde, Sebastién and Doepp, Andreas and Habib, Fahim Ahmad and Heinemann, Thomas and Irman, Arie and Karsch, Stefan and Kirwan, Gavin and Knetsch, Alexander and Manahan, Grace Gloria and Martinez de la Ossa, Alberto and Nutter, Alastair and Scherkl, Paul and Schramm, Ulrich and Ullmann, Daniel},
abstractNote = {Fundamental similarities and differences between laser-driven plasma wakefield acceleration (LWFA) and particle-driven plasma wakefield acceleration (PWFA) are discussed. The complementary features enable the conception and development of novel hybrid plasma accelerators, which allow previously not accessible compact solutions for high quality electron bunch generation and arising applications. Very high energy gains can be realized by electron beam drivers even in single stages because PWFA is practically dephasing-free and not diffraction-limited. These electron driver beams for PWFA in turn can be produced in compact LWFA stages. In various hybrid approaches, these PWFA systems can be spiked with ionizing laser pulses to realize tunable and high-quality electron sources via optical density downramp injection (also known as plasma torch) or plasma photocathodes (also known as Trojan Horse) and via wakefield-induced injection (also known as WII). These hybrids can act as beam energy, brightness and quality transformers, and partially have built-in stabilizing features. They thus offer compact pathways towards beams with unprecedented emittance and brightness, which may have transformative impact for light sources and photon science applications. Furthermore, they allow the study of PWFA-specific challenges in compact setups in addition to large linac-based facilities, such as fundamental beam–plasma interaction physics, to develop novel diagnostics, and to develop contributions such as ultralow emittance test beams or other building blocks and schemes which support future plasma-based collider concepts.},
doi = {10.3390/app9132626},
journal = {Applied Sciences},
number = 13,
volume = 9,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jun 28 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Fri Jun 28 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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