On the stability of laser wakefield electron accelerators in the monoenergetic regime
(2007) In Physics of Plasmas 14(5).- Abstract
- The effects of plasma density and laser energy on the stability of laser produced monoenergetic electron beams are investigated. Fluctuations in the principal beam parameters, namely, electron energy, energy-spread, charge, and pointing, are demonstrated to be minimized at low densities. This improvement in stability is attributed to the reduced time for pulse evolution required before self-injection occurs; i.e., that the pulse is closest to the matched conditions for these densities. It is also observed that electrons are only consistently produced above a density-dependent energy threshold. These observations are consistent with there being a threshold intensity (a(0)greater than or similar to 3) required for the occurrence of... (More)
- The effects of plasma density and laser energy on the stability of laser produced monoenergetic electron beams are investigated. Fluctuations in the principal beam parameters, namely, electron energy, energy-spread, charge, and pointing, are demonstrated to be minimized at low densities. This improvement in stability is attributed to the reduced time for pulse evolution required before self-injection occurs; i.e., that the pulse is closest to the matched conditions for these densities. It is also observed that electrons are only consistently produced above a density-dependent energy threshold. These observations are consistent with there being a threshold intensity (a(0)greater than or similar to 3) required for the occurrence of self-injection after accounting for pulse compression. (C) 2007 American Institute of Physics. (Less)
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- Mangles, S. P. D. ; Thomas, A. G. R. ; Lundh, Olle LU ; Lindau, Filip LU ; Kaluza, M. C. ; Persson, Anders LU ; Wahlström, Claes-Göran LU ; Krushelnick, K. and Najmudin, Z.
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- 10.1063/1.2436481
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abstract = {{The effects of plasma density and laser energy on the stability of laser produced monoenergetic electron beams are investigated. Fluctuations in the principal beam parameters, namely, electron energy, energy-spread, charge, and pointing, are demonstrated to be minimized at low densities. This improvement in stability is attributed to the reduced time for pulse evolution required before self-injection occurs; i.e., that the pulse is closest to the matched conditions for these densities. It is also observed that electrons are only consistently produced above a density-dependent energy threshold. These observations are consistent with there being a threshold intensity (a(0)greater than or similar to 3) required for the occurrence of self-injection after accounting for pulse compression. (C) 2007 American Institute of Physics.}},
author = {{Mangles, S. P. D. and Thomas, A. G. R. and Lundh, Olle and Lindau, Filip and Kaluza, M. C. and Persson, Anders and Wahlström, Claes-Göran and Krushelnick, K. and Najmudin, Z.}},
issn = {{1070-664X}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{5}},
publisher = {{American Institute of Physics (AIP)}},
series = {{Physics of Plasmas}},
title = {{On the stability of laser wakefield electron accelerators in the monoenergetic regime}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2436481}},
doi = {{10.1063/1.2436481}},
volume = {{14}},
year = {{2007}},
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