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Controlling the spectrum of x-rays generated in a laser-plasma accelerator by tailoring the laser wavefront

Mangles, S. P. D. ; Genoud, Guillaume LU ; Kneip, S. ; Burza, Matthias LU ; Cassou, K. ; Cros, B. ; Dover, N. P. ; Kamperidis, Christos LU ; Najmudin, Z. and Persson, Anders LU , et al. (2009) In Applied Physics Letters 95(18).
Abstract
By tailoring the wavefront of the laser pulse used in a laser-wakefield accelerator, we show that the properties of the x-rays produced due to the electron beam's betatron oscillations in the plasma can be controlled. By creating a wavefront with coma, we find that the critical energy of the synchrotronlike x-ray spectrum can be significantly increased. The coma does not substantially change the energy of the electron beam, but does increase its divergence and produces an energy-dependent exit angle, indicating that changes in the x-ray spectrum are due to an increase in the electron beam's oscillation amplitude within the wakefield.
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accelerators, wakefield, plasma X-ray sources, betatrons, plasma accelerators
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Applied Physics Letters
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95
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18
article number
181106
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American Institute of Physics (AIP)
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0003-6951
DOI
10.1063/1.3258022
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English
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Copyright (2009) American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics.
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  abstract     = {{By tailoring the wavefront of the laser pulse used in a laser-wakefield accelerator, we show that the properties of the x-rays produced due to the electron beam's betatron oscillations in the plasma can be controlled. By creating a wavefront with coma, we find that the critical energy of the synchrotronlike x-ray spectrum can be significantly increased. The coma does not substantially change the energy of the electron beam, but does increase its divergence and produces an energy-dependent exit angle, indicating that changes in the x-ray spectrum are due to an increase in the electron beam's oscillation amplitude within the wakefield.}},
  author       = {{Mangles, S. P. D. and Genoud, Guillaume and Kneip, S. and Burza, Matthias and Cassou, K. and Cros, B. and Dover, N. P. and Kamperidis, Christos and Najmudin, Z. and Persson, Anders and Schreiber, J. and Wojda, F. and Wahlström, Claes-Göran}},
  issn         = {{0003-6951}},
  keywords     = {{accelerators; wakefield; plasma X-ray sources; betatrons; plasma accelerators}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{18}},
  publisher    = {{American Institute of Physics (AIP)}},
  series       = {{Applied Physics Letters}},
  title        = {{Controlling the spectrum of x-rays generated in a laser-plasma accelerator by tailoring the laser wavefront}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/2855327/2544301.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1063/1.3258022}},
  volume       = {{95}},
  year         = {{2009}},
}