Femtosecond x rays from laser-plasma accelerators
Relativistic interaction of short-pulse lasers with underdense plasmas has recently led to the
emergence of a novel generation of femtosecond x-ray sources. Based on radiation from …
emergence of a novel generation of femtosecond x-ray sources. Based on radiation from …
[HTML][HTML] EuPRAXIA conceptual design report
RW Assmann, MK Weikum, T Akhter, D Alesini… - The European Physical …, 2020 - Springer
This report presents the conceptual design of a new European research infrastructure
EuPRAXIA. The concept has been established over the last four years in a unique …
EuPRAXIA. The concept has been established over the last four years in a unique …
Bayesian optimization of a laser-plasma accelerator
S Jalas, M Kirchen, P Messner, P Winkler, L Hübner… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
Generating high-quality laser-plasma accelerated electron beams requires carefully
balancing a plethora of physical effects and is therefore challenging—both conceptually and …
balancing a plethora of physical effects and is therefore challenging—both conceptually and …
Optimal beam loading in a laser-plasma accelerator
Applications of laser-plasma accelerators demand low energy spread beams and high-
efficiency operation. Achieving both requires flattening the accelerating fields by controlled …
efficiency operation. Achieving both requires flattening the accelerating fields by controlled …
Multi-GeV electron bunches from an all-optical laser wakefield accelerator
We present the first demonstration of multi-GeV laser wakefield acceleration in a fully
optically formed plasma waveguide, with an acceleration gradient as high as 25 GeV/m. The …
optically formed plasma waveguide, with an acceleration gradient as high as 25 GeV/m. The …
Demonstration of a beam loaded nanocoulomb-class laser wakefield accelerator
Laser-plasma wakefield accelerators have seen tremendous progress, now capable of
producing quasi-monoenergetic electron beams in the GeV energy range with few …
producing quasi-monoenergetic electron beams in the GeV energy range with few …
Physics of high-charge electron beams in laser-plasma wakefields
J Götzfried, A Döpp, MF Gilljohann, FM Foerster… - Physical Review X, 2020 - APS
Laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA) and its particle-driven counterpart, particle or plasma
wakefield acceleration (PWFA), are commonly treated as separate, though related, branches …
wakefield acceleration (PWFA), are commonly treated as separate, though related, branches …
Electron self-injection and trapping into an evolving plasma bubble
The blowout (or bubble) regime of laser wakefield acceleration is promising for generating
monochromatic high-energy electron beams out of low-density plasmas. It is shown …
monochromatic high-energy electron beams out of low-density plasmas. It is shown …
Circumventing the dephasing and depletion limits of laser-wakefield acceleration
Compact electron accelerators are paramount to next-generation synchrotron light sources
and free-electron lasers, as well as for advanced accelerators at the TeV energy frontier …
and free-electron lasers, as well as for advanced accelerators at the TeV energy frontier …
Tunable plasma-based energy dechirper
R D'Arcy, S Wesch, A Aschikhin, S Bohlen, C Behrens… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
A tunable plasma-based energy dechirper has been developed at FLASHForward to
remove the correlated energy spread of a 681 MeV electron bunch. Through the interaction …
remove the correlated energy spread of a 681 MeV electron bunch. Through the interaction …