Self-mapping the longitudinal field structure of a nonlinear plasma accelerator cavity

Clayton, C. E.; Adli, E.; Allen, J.; An, W.; Clarke, C. I.; Corde, S.; Frederico, J.; Gessner, S.; Green, S. Z.; Hogan, M. J.; Joshi, C.; Litos, M.; Lu, W.; Marsh, K. A.; Mori, W. B.; Vafaei-Najafabadi, N.; Xu, X.; Yakimenko, V.

doi:10.1038/ncomms12483

Title: Self-mapping the longitudinal field structure of a nonlinear plasma accelerator cavity

Journal Article · Tue Aug 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12483· OSTI ID:1326210

Clayton, C. E. ^[1]; Adli, E. ^[2]; Allen, J. ^[2];

^[1]; Clarke, C. I. ^[2];

^[3]; Frederico, J. ^[2]; Gessner, S. ^[2]; Green, S. Z. ^[2]; Hogan, M. J. ^[2]; Joshi, C. ^[1]; Litos, M. ^[2]; Lu, W. ^[4]; Marsh, K. A. ^[1]; Mori, W. B. ^[1];

^[1]; Xu, X. ^[1]; Yakimenko, V. ^[2]

Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); LOA, ENSTA Paris Tech, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau (France)
Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China)

The preservation of emittance of the accelerating beam is the next challenge for plasma-based accelerators envisioned for future light sources and colliders. The field structure of a highly nonlinear plasma wake is potentially suitable for this purpose but has not been yet measured. Here we show that the longitudinal variation of the fields in a nonlinear plasma wakefield accelerator cavity produced by a relativistic electron bunch can be mapped using the bunch itself as a probe. We find that, for much of the cavity that is devoid of plasma electrons, the transverse force is constant longitudinally to within ±3% (r.m.s.). Moreover, comparison of experimental data and simulations has resulted in mapping of the longitudinal electric field of the unloaded wake up to 83 GV m^–1 to a similar degree of accuracy. Lastly, these results bode well for high-gradient, high-efficiency acceleration of electron bunches while preserving their emittance in such a cavity.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1326210

Report Number(s):: SLAC-PUB-16820; ncomms12483

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 7; ISSN 2041-1723

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