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Dynamics of ionization-induced electron injection in the high density regime of laser wakefield acceleration

Desforges, F. G. ; Paradkar, B. S. ; Hansson, Magnus LU ; Ju, J. ; Senje, Lovisa LU ; Audet, T. L. ; Persson, A. ; Dobosz-Dufrenoy, S. ; Lundh, Olle LU and Maynard, G. , et al. (2014) In Physics of Plasmas 21(12).
Abstract
The dynamics of ionization-induced electron injection in high density (similar to 1.2 x 10(19) cm(-3)) regime of laser wakefield acceleration is investigated by analyzing the betatron X-ray emission. In such high density operation, the laser normalized vector potential exceeds the injection-thresholds of both ionization-injection and self-injection due to self-focusing. In this regime, direct experimental evidence of early on-set of ionization-induced injection into the plasma wave is given by mapping the X-ray emission zone inside the plasma. Particle-In-Cell simulations show that this early on-set of ionization-induced injection, due to its lower trapping threshold, suppresses the trapping of self-injected electrons. A comparative study... (More)
The dynamics of ionization-induced electron injection in high density (similar to 1.2 x 10(19) cm(-3)) regime of laser wakefield acceleration is investigated by analyzing the betatron X-ray emission. In such high density operation, the laser normalized vector potential exceeds the injection-thresholds of both ionization-injection and self-injection due to self-focusing. In this regime, direct experimental evidence of early on-set of ionization-induced injection into the plasma wave is given by mapping the X-ray emission zone inside the plasma. Particle-In-Cell simulations show that this early on-set of ionization-induced injection, due to its lower trapping threshold, suppresses the trapping of self-injected electrons. A comparative study of the electron and X-ray properties is performed for both self-injection and ionization-induced injection. An increase of X-ray fluence by at least a factor of two is observed in the case of ionization-induced injection due to increased trapped charge compared to self-injection mechanism. (C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC. (Less)
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Physics of Plasmas
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120703
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American Institute of Physics (AIP)
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1070-664X
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10.1063/1.4903845
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English
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  abstract     = {{The dynamics of ionization-induced electron injection in high density (similar to 1.2 x 10(19) cm(-3)) regime of laser wakefield acceleration is investigated by analyzing the betatron X-ray emission. In such high density operation, the laser normalized vector potential exceeds the injection-thresholds of both ionization-injection and self-injection due to self-focusing. In this regime, direct experimental evidence of early on-set of ionization-induced injection into the plasma wave is given by mapping the X-ray emission zone inside the plasma. Particle-In-Cell simulations show that this early on-set of ionization-induced injection, due to its lower trapping threshold, suppresses the trapping of self-injected electrons. A comparative study of the electron and X-ray properties is performed for both self-injection and ionization-induced injection. An increase of X-ray fluence by at least a factor of two is observed in the case of ionization-induced injection due to increased trapped charge compared to self-injection mechanism. (C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.}},
  author       = {{Desforges, F. G. and Paradkar, B. S. and Hansson, Magnus and Ju, J. and Senje, Lovisa and Audet, T. L. and Persson, A. and Dobosz-Dufrenoy, S. and Lundh, Olle and Maynard, G. and Monot, P. and Vay, J. -L. and Wahlström, Claes-Göran and Cros, B.}},
  issn         = {{1070-664X}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{12}},
  publisher    = {{American Institute of Physics (AIP)}},
  series       = {{Physics of Plasmas}},
  title        = {{Dynamics of ionization-induced electron injection in the high density regime of laser wakefield acceleration}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4903845}},
  doi          = {{10.1063/1.4903845}},
  volume       = {{21}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}