A HIGH REPETITION PLASMA MIRROR FOR STAGED ELECTRON ACCELERATION

Conference · Fri Jul 22 00:00:00 EDT 2011

OSTI ID:1045924

Sokollik, Thomas; Shiraishi, Satomi; Osterhoff, Jens; Evans, Eugene; Gonsalves, Anthony; Nakamura, Kei; vanTilborg, Jeroen; Lin, Chen; Toth, Csaba; Leemans, Wim

In order to build a compact, staged laser plasma accelerator the in-coupling of the laser beam to the different stages represents one of the key issues. To limit the spatial foot print and thus to realize a high overall acceleration gradient, a concept has to be found which realizes this in-coupling within a few centimeters. We present experiments on a tape-drive based plasma mirror which could be used to reflect the focused laser beam into the acceleration stage.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Accelerator& Fusion Research Division
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 1045924
• Report Number(s): LBNL-4920E; TRN: US1203693
• Resource Relation: Conference: Particle Accelerator Conference 2011, New York Marriot Marquis, NY, USA, March 28 - April 1, 2011; Related Information: Journal Publication Date: 2011
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ACCELERATION
ACCELERATORS
ELECTRONS
LASERS
MIRRORS
PLASMA
PLASMA GUNS